The Netherlands has just made the entire #phenethylamine group and all its derivatives including cathinones a scheduled narcotic.

This essential neurotransmitter group is always present in the human body, and many derivations of the group are present in plants.

Effectively this makes chocolate and red wine illegal as it contains tyramine.

I don't think our government has overseen how obscenely stupid this ban is yet.

Many of these compounds are pharma precursors...

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/drugs/verbod-op-designerdrugs

Verbod op designerdrugs

Bepaalde groepen designerdrugs (ook wel nieuwe psychoactieve stoffen) zijn vanaf 1 juli 2025 verboden. Deze stoffen zijn schadelijk. Gebruikers kunnen er gezondheidsproblemen van krijgen en er zelfs door overlijden. 

Singapore's Health Sciences Authority issues an alert on three products that contain banned substances. The products are sold for 'fitness', 'burning fats' or 'for stopping cancer'.

#Singapore #Health #FoodProducts #Sibutramine #Phenethylamine

https://www.hsa.gov.sg/announcements/press-release/hsa-alert-threeproductssoldonline

HSA Alert: Three Products Found to Contain Undeclared Potent Ingredients, Including a Banned Substance

My #antidepressant (#desvenlafaxine aka #Pristiq) is a #phenethylamine. That's rare. It shares that skeleton with other big names like #MDMA, #mescaline, and #Sudafed.

It's a #SSNRI, blocks #serotonin reuptake 5-10x more strongly than #norepinephrine, and may increase #dopamine turnover in the prefrontal cortex.

It has some subjective aspects quite reminiscent of #phenethylamines I've tried.

#drugs #pharma #pharmacology #antidepressants