> No, the "natural supplements" industry has carved out for itself a huge exemption from most of the regulation that applies to drugs, on the one hand The FDA'

> No, the "natural supplements" industry has carved out for itself a huge exemption from most of the regulation that applies to drugs, on the one hand The FDA's own website contradicts you here: http://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ http://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ The FDA, on their own website, says it's their job to make sure that supplements are unadulterated and not mislabeled. If 80% of supplements are in fact completely fake, then I don't see how you're using the problems of the supplement industry to show how well the drug industry is regulated in comparison.