The Perils of Free Speech and the Influence of the Medical and Alternative Health Industries

Claiming your First Amendment rights are being violated is a sure way to have the spotlight shone on you. It's also an effective way to shut down criticism of whatever you're selling. From the 1940s-60s, supplements manufacturers used the free speech gambit to keep regulators away from their products, resulting in a 1969 Supreme Court case. Derek looks at the 20th century evolution of medical regulations, and how companies are still using a similar argument to dissuade consumers from looking too deeply into what's inside the bottle.

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Show Notes

Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety

United States v Kordel

Some Implications of the Kordel Decision

163: The Huberman Paradox

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