Comment · Fri, March 8, 2013 · Ceretropic
An /r/nootropics Survey on Nootropics and use in the wokplace. [All data will be posted to /r/nootropics!]
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cjbarber · 7 points
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Bd56IlBORutm5R7S9JqCtOy3YfNNVZqGdWPwAFWZZs0/viewform
I'm all about nootropics becoming more popular, and would especially like to see developments that ensure that America won't go the way of New Zealand and broadly outlaw nootropics (which it looks like will happen in NZ).
I'm a big user of noots myself btw.
Would be awesome if you could fill this out or share it! (It's for a University class, though the topic was free form and I chose this because I'm interested in it!)
All data will be made available on /r/nootropics :)
If someone else can cross post this to /r/programming, /r/fitness, and /r/supplements that would be awesome - I'm planning on doing it but I made a new reddit account just for this, and I have extremely limited posting privileges.
This is the first place I'm posting the study, so if you have any feedback or suggestions on what questions to ask that would be awesome too!
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I'm all about nootropics becoming more popular, and would especially like to see developments that ensure that America won't go the way of New Zealand and broadly outlaw nootropics
Unfortunately, those ideas are mutually exclusive. The more popular it gets, the more the FDA is going to crack down on our supply. Since nobody is going to spend the millions needed to get the substances through approvals, we might just see things dropping. The FDA takes the approach that if it has not approved a drug, it is illegal to sell for human consumption. It's unfortunate that there is not another classification system they can use, but ce'st la vie.