WHO'S TO BLAME FOR REDUX AND FENFLURAMINE?

Question: who's to blame for letting the public gobble up potentially deadly diet pills like so much popcorn? Choose from among the following: 1. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which brushed off scientists' misgivings to approve the pills last year. 2. The drug companies that produced, tested and zealously promoted the pills. 3. The doctors and diet clinics that eagerly dispensed them, even to patients for whom they were never intended. 4. Uncritical media that ballyhooed the pills as "miracle" drugs and "magic bullets" in the war against fat. 5. A fanatically weight-conscious public so eager to shed pounds that...

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