Ephedra-containing "street drug alternatives" from four marketers draw warning letters.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
HERBAL ECSTACY CONTINUED MARKETING FOR "ABUSE AND MISUSE PURPOSES" is illegal, FDA cautions Venice, Calif.-based Global World Media, marketer of the ephedra-containing "street drug alternative," in an Aug. 29 warning letter. "The claims and name" of the product "indicate that `herbal ecstacy' is offered for abuse and misuse purposes," the agency says. "As such, there is no legitimate drug use for this product and its continued marketing is illegal." The product is "misbranded" as well, FDA says, because its labeling "fails to bear adequate directions for the uses" for which it is promoted.