Laetrile
Sir: Mr Foley's article about Vit. B17 is typical of American journalists who follow the line taken by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration which claims B17 (Amygdalin, Laetrile) is not effective as a cancer cure in spite of the thousands of people who have taken it and willingly testify as to the results.
These thousands cannot all be nuts, nor the doctors all greedy profiteers. Why not give these patients and their doctors a break, at least to the extent of admitting that it is an alternative to the "cut, burn and poison" treatment — which is not a 100 per cent cure for cancer, either. If legalising laetrile 'would give false hope to thousands' what about the conventional methods — are they not a 'false hope' to the thousands who die painfully in spite of them?
Frank J. Carr 8325 —31 N.W.
Seattle, Washington, United States
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