From: info@citizens.org Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:41 PM To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov Subject: FDA Docket No. 02N-0209 TO: FDA Commissioner 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 (HFA-305) Rockville, MD 20852 FROM: , RE: FDA Docket No. 02N-0209 Dear Commissioner, I am concerned about the FDAs record of withholding important information about the uses and benefits of natural dietary supplements and all other emerging healthcare alternatives from consumers. In three separate court cases, the FDAs policies have been found unconstitutional and in violation of our basic First Amendment Rights to free speech. Record numbers of consumers are looking for alternative avenues to reduce long-term health concerns and to decrease costs associated with conventional medicine. The natural supplement and alternative medicine community have responded to this need often against relentless controversy and burdensome controls. The FDAs history of repressing information about potential health benefits of dietary supplements and other emerging health care alternatives has done a great disservice to millions of Americans dedicated to their health. As a person who subscribes to the principles in the American Bill of Rights:

I insist that the FDA follow the directions of the United States Courts and stop preventing the dissemination of truthful information about dietary supplements and other products and services that help improve health; I urge the FDA to adopt regulations in accordance with court rulings that permit the dissemination of all information about health including truthful preliminary or emerging health information on product labels and in product labeling; and, I demand that the FDA stop the prosecution of individuals for the dissemination of truthful information about the benefits and risks of products and services that affect my or any persons health.