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I don't understand how these pills end up in gas stations. they're not legal! legal to buy, sure, because they don't contain scheduled drugs (and tianeptine isn
by sterlind 4y ago
I don't understand how these pills end up in gas stations. they're not legal! legal to buy, sure, because they don't contain scheduled drugs (and tianeptine isn't an analog of a scheduled opioid), but you can't sell synthetic chemicals as dietary supplements without FDA approval!
like, kratom is fair game because it's a plant, and natural products aren't regulated. but tianeptine doesn't grow on trees.
it just seems so brazen that the company is up front about it being tianeptine and selling it commercially on a gigantic scale. how are they not shut down?
- meepmorp 4y agoTianeptine isn't a recognized drug in the US (though it is in Europe, iirc), but it's been available from online RC/nootropic vendors for years. It's not the first time something like this has happened, either - a while back it was found that several brands of "herbal viagra" sold in gas stations actually contained pharmaceutical PDE5 inhibitors. Make a quick buck and run, I guess. Edit: apparently tianeptine is a full mu-receptor agonist
- floren 4y agoI posted this link elsewhere in the thread, but basically "herbal viagra" products are consistently found to include actual drugs (usually the active ingredient of the real thing): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/medication-health-fraud/tainted-sexual-enhancement-products https://www.fda.gov/drugs/medication-health-fraud/tainted-se...
- Jerrrry 4y agoA jocular saying is that, in England, "everything which is not forbidden is allowed", while in Germany, the opposite applies, so "everything which is not allowed is forbidden". This may be extended to France—"everything is allowed even if it is forbidden".
- snehk 4y agoBut that's not true for Germany.