An odd kind of "approval", isn't it, when it's of the form:

"I'm going to take this substance because I've researched it may fix my crippling illness and the risk reward is comfortable to me - but I hear you bunch throw people into cages if you see them do things like that, so can I get your promise you won't throw me into a cage if I try to cure myself in this specific way?".

Classic "are we the baddies?" scenario.