Comment · Fri, January 22, 2016 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
How concerned should we be about the UK Psychoactive Bill?
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Cartesian_Dualism · 6 points
Looking at the bill in its current state, it appears as though it's going to blanket ban literally anything and everything defined as "psychoactive" by default unless specifically exempted - which, unless I'm missing something, seems so ludicrously vague that I'm struggling to even imagine how it's going to be enacted. There was a recent attempt to amend the draft to include a short list of exemptions for racetams and other nootropics (L-Theanine, choline, etc), but it doesn't seem clear yet if it's been made official or not.
I'm wondering what this is going to mean not just for nootropics, but also supplements on the whole. Just how much is this going to affect if, or perhaps when at this point, it passes?
What they were answering
baldwin777 · 2 points
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2016-01-20a.1437.2#g1450.1
Mrs Cheryl Gillan MP in the HoC Wednesday 20th January:
Amendment 1, which stands in my name, is a probing amendment, as I wish to ascertain the Government’s position on a number of products marketed by a constituent of mine through an online marketing company called Focus Supplements. Several weeks ago he came into my constituency surgery. He was very concerned that the products he sells, quite legally—they are effectively health supplements used for various reasons, which I will talk about later—might fall within the ambit of the Bill.
I want to ensure that the Minister and the Department know that there are substances out there that are being marketed by perfectly honest, decent and legal companies, such as Holland & Barrett, and indeed on eBay, that might fall within the ambit of the Bill. It might criminalise substances that are perfectly innocuous, and indeed that are in some demand. I have no personal experience of those products, and I am very supportive of this Bill, so make no mistake that I would not have tabled the amendment or asked for clarification from the Minister if I thought that the substances I have listed would lead to any harm. The purpose of my amendment is to see whether those substances might fall foul of the Bill, and indeed whether clause 3, which has already been discussed, ca…
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Good job getting Mrs Gillan on board. She articulated the issue very well, and seems like a good person to be leading the push to have an amendment passed exempting certain Nootropics. I'm glad you had the issue brought up in the appropriate manner, and that they seem to be receptive of it.