here, same old story. Area described as fraudulent. Area in the commerce arena. Laws exist already. Nobody connects the dots and prosecutes:
001. Jakob Cordes reports, at WRIC, in “Inside the New Push to License Naturopathic ‘Doctors’ in Virginia” (2023):
"a Virginia delegate has once again revived efforts to offer official licensing to naturopathic ‘doctors’ […] Clark Barrineau, assistant vice president of government affairs for the Medical Society of Virginia, told 8News that the organization opposes extending licensure to naturopathy in part because the practices don’t have scientific backing. ‘What this would do, from our perspective, is give naturopathic doctors a stamp of approval from the commonwealth,’ he said. ‘Their coursework, their training, all of it — there’s ample evidence to suggest that it’s not backed by science or good medicine’ […] Kimball Atwood IV […] in his overview of the field [stated] that it was ‘replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and potentially dangerous practices’";
yup. Still yup, and Dr. Atwood’s piece was published 10 years ago. But the fraud just keeps on frauding…
