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What did you find to be misleading about the headline? I'm only asking because it made me think of a black-market-sold drug ("illicit drug") that was recently e

What did you find to be misleading about the headline? I'm only asking because it made me think of a black-market-sold drug ("illicit drug") that was recently encountered and recognized as distinctly different ("new"; "has been discovered") from other current-market drugs, which seems to match the description you gave of the article.

Pfhortune 4y ago
How can a substance be illicit if it was just discovered?
- girvo 4y ago
  Analog laws in most Australian states make these research chemicals banned-by-default.
- RileyJames 4y ago
  They’re default banned, in most Australian states. https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/new-psychoactive-substances/ https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/new-psychoactive-substances/ >> In Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria there is now a ‘blanket ban’ on possessing or selling any substance that has a psychoactive effect other than alcohol, tobacco and food.
  - 111111101101 4y ago
    Except for Kava which has recently been legalised. There's even a Kava company listed on the ASX! It just goes to show that when money talks, politicians listen. https://fijikava.com/ https://fijikava.com/
  - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
    >and food Perfect, so bake it into cookies.
    - sterlind 4y ago
      I'm assuming that the law is written such that it applies to ingredients which are both psychoactive and have no reasonable culinary value. so sodium benzoate is okay (no psychoactive effect) and hazelnut is okay (use as a flavoring), but random alkaloids wouldn't. buzzkill law, though.
dekhn 4y ago
"Chemists identify novel drug already in circulation"
karmakaze 4y ago
The headline should have said 'identified'. > Chemical X could only be something called 2’-fluoro-2-oxo-phenylcyclohexylethylamine. And they had never seen this compound before. But it was previously discovered and named.
- AllegedAlec 4y ago
  You don't need to name chemical substances. The structure is the name.
nescioquid 4y ago
Not the OP, but first is the ambiguity introduced by "discovered" in regard to a man-made thing. One must ask if the writer intended "invented". In which case, how does one invent a drug that is already regulated or outlawed? Or did the writer mean that the chemist invented a street drug which was then outlawed? Or does it mean a known drug was outlawed and found for the first time by authorities within the country that outlawed it? That makes sense, but sounds like "Dog Bites Man". Did not anticipate a detailed article on chemical sleuthing.

Pfhortune 4y ago

How can a substance be illicit if it was just discovered?

girvo 4y ago
Analog laws in most Australian states make these research chemicals banned-by-default.
RileyJames 4y ago
They’re default banned, in most Australian states. https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/new-psychoactive-substances/ https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/new-psychoactive-substances/ >> In Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria there is now a ‘blanket ban’ on possessing or selling any substance that has a psychoactive effect other than alcohol, tobacco and food.
- 111111101101 4y ago
  Except for Kava which has recently been legalised. There's even a Kava company listed on the ASX! It just goes to show that when money talks, politicians listen. https://fijikava.com/ https://fijikava.com/
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
  >and food Perfect, so bake it into cookies.
  - sterlind 4y ago
    I'm assuming that the law is written such that it applies to ingredients which are both psychoactive and have no reasonable culinary value. so sodium benzoate is okay (no psychoactive effect) and hazelnut is okay (use as a flavoring), but random alkaloids wouldn't. buzzkill law, though.

dekhn 4y ago

"Chemists identify novel drug already in circulation"

karmakaze 4y ago

The headline should have said 'identified'. > Chemical X could only be something called 2’-fluoro-2-oxo-phenylcyclohexylethylamine. And they had never seen this compound before. But it was previously discovered and named.

AllegedAlec 4y ago
You don't need to name chemical substances. The structure is the name.

nescioquid 4y ago

Not the OP, but first is the ambiguity introduced by "discovered" in regard to a man-made thing. One must ask if the writer intended "invented". In which case, how does one invent a drug that is already regulated or outlawed? Or did the writer mean that the chemist invented a street drug which was then outlawed? Or does it mean a known drug was outlawed and found for the first time by authorities within the country that outlawed it? That makes sense, but sounds like "Dog Bites Man". Did not anticipate a detailed article on chemical sleuthing.