Asante
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Guys, I have some very bad news for all you RC lovers out there, myself included,.
The main market for RC's is Europe, and the primary route of entry of RC's in Europe is Holland, presumably mostly throught the port of Rotterdam. In April 2019 the Dutch Gov't declared that it wants to issue a blanket ban on whole families of RC's, in essence the Dutch equivalent of the US Controlled Substances Analogues act. More EU countries have done so, such as the UK, who banned basically everything except poppers that enable people to take things up the ass, Germany, who banned many things but not all possible things, and strategically, also Belgium, with its Antwerp harbor, that also was a major point of entry.
We do not know what model Holland will follow, the UK model of banning any possible thing, or, more reasonably, the German model of banning of a bunch of legally problematic families of compounds, such as Phenethylamines, but keeping the door open to legit innovation.
Its likely going to be an offshoot of the German model rather than the UK one.
Still. Europe is the main world market of RC's and Holland its main point of entry.
There is a likeliness of worldwide service interruptions, a partial RC famine, as the market restructures itself to other nations, but perhaps also to other products.
Like famously MXE that came before, some really good RC's might not make it back except for small local labs taking matters in their own hands.
When will this be?
There is a EU law that new laws within the EU must be posted on the Europa website 90 days in advance of implementation, so at the moment this happens, that gives us all a 90 day warning.
If there are RC's you are particularly fond of AND which you can store without debauchery dramas resulting, it might be a good idea to start allocating funds and start stocking up a reasonable supply of your most treasured RC's.
The famine will be temporary, the genie of the RC revolution is out of the bottle and there's no way ainy government can truly put a lid on it. Prohibition never worked, we know that, and with Cannabis we are now seeing a global collapse of the prohibition policy. You just can't keep a free people from what they really want.
There may be a famine though, and some RC's might not make it back, like famous ones have in the past.
A small airtight glass vial, such as a lab vial or essential oil vial, packed with most kinds of RC's, will have a shelf life of years if not decades if stored into a three/four star freezer. Most "shulgin" phenethylamines (such as 2C-B or 2C-E), in such a vial in total darkness, will keep for years at room temperature. Tryptamines and cathinones tend to deteriorate rapidly at room temperature.
Please do not store substances you have compulsive redosing issues with in a manner that gives you direct access to it, to prevent drama.
Forewarned is forearmed, the least you can do when confronted with a possible impending famine is buy a big bag of rice, isn't it?
I'm a Dutch user of legal psychedelics, not affiliated with any vendors.
Like a Japanese train usher, I want to make sure no one misses what may be the last train to where they need to be.
All aboard!
The main market for RC's is Europe, and the primary route of entry of RC's in Europe is Holland, presumably mostly throught the port of Rotterdam. In April 2019 the Dutch Gov't declared that it wants to issue a blanket ban on whole families of RC's, in essence the Dutch equivalent of the US Controlled Substances Analogues act. More EU countries have done so, such as the UK, who banned basically everything except poppers that enable people to take things up the ass, Germany, who banned many things but not all possible things, and strategically, also Belgium, with its Antwerp harbor, that also was a major point of entry.
We do not know what model Holland will follow, the UK model of banning any possible thing, or, more reasonably, the German model of banning of a bunch of legally problematic families of compounds, such as Phenethylamines, but keeping the door open to legit innovation.
Its likely going to be an offshoot of the German model rather than the UK one.
Still. Europe is the main world market of RC's and Holland its main point of entry.
There is a likeliness of worldwide service interruptions, a partial RC famine, as the market restructures itself to other nations, but perhaps also to other products.
Like famously MXE that came before, some really good RC's might not make it back except for small local labs taking matters in their own hands.
When will this be?
There is a EU law that new laws within the EU must be posted on the Europa website 90 days in advance of implementation, so at the moment this happens, that gives us all a 90 day warning.
If there are RC's you are particularly fond of AND which you can store without debauchery dramas resulting, it might be a good idea to start allocating funds and start stocking up a reasonable supply of your most treasured RC's.
The famine will be temporary, the genie of the RC revolution is out of the bottle and there's no way ainy government can truly put a lid on it. Prohibition never worked, we know that, and with Cannabis we are now seeing a global collapse of the prohibition policy. You just can't keep a free people from what they really want.
There may be a famine though, and some RC's might not make it back, like famous ones have in the past.
A small airtight glass vial, such as a lab vial or essential oil vial, packed with most kinds of RC's, will have a shelf life of years if not decades if stored into a three/four star freezer. Most "shulgin" phenethylamines (such as 2C-B or 2C-E), in such a vial in total darkness, will keep for years at room temperature. Tryptamines and cathinones tend to deteriorate rapidly at room temperature.
Please do not store substances you have compulsive redosing issues with in a manner that gives you direct access to it, to prevent drama.
Forewarned is forearmed, the least you can do when confronted with a possible impending famine is buy a big bag of rice, isn't it?
I'm a Dutch user of legal psychedelics, not affiliated with any vendors.
Like a Japanese train usher, I want to make sure no one misses what may be the last train to where they need to be.
All aboard!
