Are diet pills really bad for your health and your body?

The government doesn't. Diet pills aren't FDA approved. It's use at your own risk. It's the persons responsibility to research drugs before they take them. That's why pages of information are given to you with each prescription or in the box if it's over the counter. If the person doesn't read the leaflets and doesn't understand the risk before taking them, then it's their own fault. It's a two way street... doctors can only do so much.

The rare adverse side effect of drugs (not talking about diet pills here) is why a new research for DNA specific drugs are being created. It's medicine tailored to one individuals needs.

Diet pills, sleeping pills, anger management pills, phobia pills, depression pills, no matter if the FDA approves them, there going to do major damage in the long run... don't trust them.

Well yeah. There are always risks with those kinds of drugs. But I'll take my chances with medication for my severe ear infections. Otherwise I throw up, pass out, and go deaf. =] Eventually that would lead to permanent deafness.

But like I said, it's up to the individual whether they would like to risk it or not. It's the citizen's responsibility... not the government's entirely.