FDA clinic raid panics maverick medics' community. (includes comment)(Jonathan Wright and alternative medicine)

On May 8, a frantic plea by Alexander Schauss (see "Diet & behavior 'expert' fakes his credentials," NCAHF Newsletter, Jan-Feb, 1989) went through the communications network of organized "alternative" medicine. FDA agents and King County Sheriff's office personnel had raided the Kent, Washington, medical offices of Jonathan Wright, MD, on May 6. The FDA seized illegally imported drugs, unapproved medical devices, and other items at the clinic. Sheriff's officers broke down the door and entered with guns drawn when people inside refused to open the door which is police policy since emotions can run high at such times and irrational behavior can be anticipated (Schauss claims …