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This is outright false for many stimulants. The DEA strictly controls the amount of precursor released to the manufacturer's based on their assessment of "legit
by Phlarp 11y ago
This is outright false for many stimulants. The DEA strictly controls the amount of precursor released to the manufacturer's based on their assessment of "legitimate medical needs". This is the case for all scheduled substances that are used in legitimate medical applications. Amphetamine salts and morphine are on that list just the same as Modafinil/provigil.
I'm sure you can guess what (black)market forces do when the supply is artificially constrained.
- vidarh 11y agoFor modafinil the predominant source for non-prescribed usage is Indian generics manufactures like Sun Pharma. There's little the DEA can do - these are not small underground outfits. Even less so because modafinil can be imported legally into a large number of countries.
- ajross 11y agoWouldn't that logic argue for an artificial shortage of things like oxycodone too, where there is known to be a large black market of abusers? There certainly is no shortage that I can see; those drugs are cheap and plentiful. I'm not saying that the regulation you cite doesn't exist (obviously I'm no expert), just that it's apparently ineffective in practice. And I'd expect that to be no different with a hypothetical rise in pseudo-recreational modafinil use.