- Truehope Synergy product

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I would be interested in hearing your thoughts about their product

when you have a chance. thanks-kriss

--- C Creel wrote:

> Alternative med acquittal cheered

> http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/07/29/1708897-sun.html

> Sat, July 29, 2006

> UPDATED: 2006-07-29 02:17:17 MST

>

> By BILL LAYE, CALGARY SUN

>

> Two southern Alberta men charged with violating federal health

> regulations

> say their acquittal in provincial court yesterday bodes well for

> alternative

> medicine in Canada.

>

> And while Judge Gerald Meagher stopped short of calling Health

> Canada's

> prosecution of their case high-handed, Synergy Group Canada

> principals Tony

> Stephan and Hardy said they will be looking at having the

> federal

> agency investigated.

>

> The pair had been charged in 2004 with selling their Truehope

> nutritional

> supplement -- billed as a treatment for depression and bipolar

> disorder --

> without a federal Drug Identification Number (DIN) a year earlier.

>

> But in handing down his decision to a packed courtroom, Meagher

> said he

> accepted defence arguments they made every effort they could in

> meeting that

> requirement during a time when the rules regarding alternative

> treatments

> were being rewritten.

>

> During the three-week trial, Harvard psychiatrist Dr.

> Popper

> testified injuries and suicides were a distinct possibility for

> those who

> could no longer receive the treatment, the judge noted.

>

> " The evidence presented by the defence was clear and compelling, "

> Meagher

> said. " The defendants obviously felt compelled to disobey the DIN

> requirements. "

>

> The Crown's case was further undermined by the fact the men were

> finally

> granted executive clearance to legally sell their product in March

> 2004 --

> shortly after Pierre Pettigrew became health minister -- and that

> order

> still stands, Meagher said.

>

> The pair, based in , about 250 km southeast of Calgary, said

> they're

> hoping the verdict will help open the door for more research into

> other

> non-traditional medical treatments across the country -- and they

> want

> Health Canada investigated by the RCMP.

>

> ==

> Company can sell supplement to mental health patients: judge

>

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2006/07/28/truehope-ruling.html

> Last Updated: Friday, July 28, 2006 | 3:31 PM MT

> CBC News

>

> An Alberta company is now free to market a vitamin and mineral

> supplement as

> a possible treatment for mental disorders.

>

> A Calgary provincial court judge ruled Friday that Health Canada

> didn't give

> Truehope Nutritional Support Ltd. any legal alternatives to resolve

> a

> dispute over the supplement.

>

> " Health Canada has done everything in its power to block access to

> Canadian

> people from having this. Today a precedent has been set, " said

>

> Stephan, one of the co-founders of Truehope.

>

> " This is a literally a godsend for us - and for the many people in

> Canada -

> that require this supplement to maintain mental health. "

>

> The company makes the mineral and vitamin supplement EM Powerplus

> and claims

> it can treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

>

> Health Canada has accused the company of selling the medication

> without a

> Drug Identification Number, or DIN. The makers of the medication

> say that it

> is not a drug and should not need a DIN.

>

> Death, relapses possible: judge

>

> In his ruling Friday, Judge Gerald Meagher said there were no

> indications

> Health Canada would even give Truehope the identification number

> needed.

>

> He also said taking EM Powerplus away would pose a considerable

> threat for

> the people taking the medication, including severe relapses and

> even death.

>

> Stephan is calling for a public inquiry into Health Canada's

> actions in this

> case.

>

> Regards,

>

>

> You don't drown by falling in the water.

> You drown by staying there.

>

>

>

it's okay to love your country right or wrong,

but it's not right to be silent when your country is wrong

- Bill Moyer's speech to graduating class of 2006

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