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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Fake cures aren't illegal, so they'll lose the suit. At my company "wellness" days, they'd have vendors selling healing crystals, copper bracelets, magnets, aromatherapy....
Besides all that, basically every placebo has positive effect, so all the guy would have to do is produce a study that shows people are better off with his cure, which they will be.
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Whether or not fake cures are legal or not depends on how the claim is worded. It is illegal to say your potion cures a specific disease without documented proof. It is perfectly legal to make general claims.
Airborne is an excellent example. They paid out $23 million for the false claim that their combination of Vitamin A, C, and E prevented the common cold. Now they claim that it "boosts your immune system" which is perfectly legal without proof.