how do u know this "fact"?

ephedra grows all over desert country. are all the plants going to be eliminated? i am tired of legislation telling me what i can and can not put into my body. i do not like ephedra, i don't like caffeine, i don't like cocaine, and if u've ever been given a nicorette gum and chewed it, u'll wonder why this is a legal drug. but i am very much against being told that i am too stupid to figure out what is best for myself. especially when a lot of this legislation is passed because of dollars changing hands. that is my opinion and i'm sticking to it