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Originally Posted by calf
After a few days of thinking about this verdict, while feeling outraged at Stephan's indignation and lack of remorse, I can't quite reconcile someone doing what they think is best for their child's health, making a mistake, and being criminally prosecuted as a result. At least within the current legal framework.
That being said, I'd like to see new regulations put in place around "natural" remedies. Find a way to make it illegal to administer them to children as a primary way to "cure" their ailments, or administer at all. Disclose/put on warning labels saying there's no scientific proof about their claims, and are to be used for therapeutic/relief of symptoms only, so they may not work. Things like that so parents are pushed towards modern medicine to treat their child.
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I think that these goofy cure alls should be under the same testing protocols as real drugs. You can't sell them unless you can prove that it works.
I was disgusted looking at the Stephan's online presence where they're selling cures for bipolar disorder and severe anxiety disorders.
This garbage shouldn't be allowed to be sold unless its regulated, and natureopaths who tell people not to go to doctors should be prosecuted if a person dies.