Estas son las noticias que llegan desde China. Se pone complicada la cosa. No lo he traducido porque se pierden los enlaces.
Hello,
We have several threads on pieces of the recent regulatory changes. Here is my attempt to synthesize them.
Since this summer China has been banning, regulating and enforcing existing regulations against substances in the nootropics and PED industries. This has created fear, uncertainty and doubt. There is much truth to what you’re hearing.
Most of these changes were precipitated by the fentanyl and opioid crisis in the USA. The USA’s trade representatives, specifically Lighthizer, have been pressuring China to change its enforcement and regulatory practices. Enforcing regulations against dangerous drugs like fentanyl is a good thing. But as we all know, there is a continuum and the line between a Big Brother state and reasonable regulation is blurry. Among the recent casualties is caffeine isolate. Right now there are people in China going to jail for selling caffeine powder.
Recently a resolution was passed by the Supreme Court of China codifying these changes: http://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1650655188269513998&wfr=spider&for=pc
The full list of banned substances in China: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nk6lr8r0ctial8d/2019年兴奋剂目录公告.pdf?dl=0
Many popular nootropics and PEDs are on that list. It will become increasingly difficult to procure all of these materials. Many vendors are looking to new jurisdictions for synthesis. It remains to be seen how successful that will be. China protected its laissez faire chemical industry.
This week the USA introduced new legislation to ban SARMs and related PEDs: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-whitehouse-introduce-legislation-regulate-sarms
I speculate we will see bills similar to those last year banning many nootropics and kratom.