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Whew--feels safe to engage again. You all are a smart but sometimes  
scary bunch!

Thank you Elizabeth for bringing back the original query about yucca  
in a commercial feed.  Now I'm even more confused by the argument  
against the tenor of the drug rules though.

For starters, effective legaleze attempts to start generally.  Good  
cases help tighten the rules over time.  Law (rules) are organic by  
nature and develop in response to real events.

Sounds as though Terry is bringing up a practical and particular issue  
that may need to be addressed.  Excellent!  She can send her  
suggestion to a committee member and let that group decide yea or  
nay... And as Kat says, Gamma oryzanol may need specific qauntities  
defined--or perhaps it should be deleted from the list if what she  
says is true.  The committe may find that science backs up her claim,  
or they may decide, or already know, that it is an abusable substance  
in obviously enormous doses (i.e. more than we need to fret about if  
we're not doing something fishy.)

I'm confused about the partucular query regarding yucca however. Why  
would someone purchase commercially prepared feed that had yucca in  
it?  If the yucca is there in therapeutic amounts one's horse could  
compete while artificially enabled to handle aches or pains that might  
otherwise result (rightly) in a pull.  This is drugging.  If the yucca  
is not present in therapeutic amounts, why is it there at all?  I  
don't understand why anyone would advocate daily dosing of aspirin  
(yucca), and I don't understand why AERC would be asked to overlook  
doping simply because the dope is in a commercially  packaged form?

Mary K

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