> Is it OK for a large body of authority to support something that will harm you as long as they leave it to the individual's choice to use it or not? Where do

> Is it OK for a large body of authority to support something that will harm you as long as they leave it to the individual's choice to use it or not? Where do we draw the line on this? In the US, the Federal Government has jurisdiction over drugs such as birth control. Your argument suggests that negative side effects are harmful, and certain. In the teeny amount of research I've done, it doesn't appear that this is the case.