Back to the Etizolam
We all know that research chemicals can be sold as such due to the 'not for human consumption' clause. I dont need to name vendors or brands to press the point that alot of us were at least partly attracted to certain sources of Etizolam as they were selling pharm grade blister strips of 1mg tablets, sourced from Asia where it is available from most pharmacies. However, as its not listed as a medicine in the UK the vendors could of course sell it for research purposes as it has no domestic use in any treatment. Why cant they sell MST's, or Temazepam in the same fashion? They cant because of course they are both controlled drugs, but also because they are listed as prescription only medicines under the 1968 Medicines act - there would be no justification for supplying them for research purposes as they have been well studied and are used widely and safely in general medicine every day.
Make sense so far? Ok so maybe not, but bear with me.
Ive spent alot of time in Crete over the past 20 years and when i started pissing around with benzodiazepines in the late 90's the local pharmacies would sell them OTC no questions. Im sure the situation was the same in alot of european countries. But the millennium came and went, bringing with it standerdised EU regulations and it wont suprise anyone that access to prescription only medicines in all EU countries became as restrictive as they are in the UK and Eire. By 2006 my 'local' chemist in Chania would let me have the odd bottle of Rivotril under the counter but over the last few years access to medicines such as this have been restricted across all EU countries. Put it this way, if a compound is seen as a medicine in Spain then technically its a medicine in all EU countries.
Finally, the droning old cunt gets to his point (you can yawn now).
Turns out that good old Etizolam is listed as a medicine in Italy. While alot of countries have taken individual action and banned Etizolam, it remains legal in the UK. However, most vendors have become wary due to these standardisation issues across the EU, as it may turn out that because Italy considers Etizolam a medicine, we all may have to treat it as such, and if this is the case it could be pulled from the market without even having to classify it as a controlled drug, as the Medicines Act can prevent it from being sold to the general public for research purposes.
As for fans of the other RC benzos and thenios, Deschloroetizolam, Chlorodiazepam, Pyrazolam and Flubromazepam, no need to panic yet as it appears that none of these chemicals have ever been used or listed as medicines in the EU or elsewhere, so their availability should be safe for the time being, taking into account the logic i have tried to describe above.
Still wouldnt stop the government using the MODA to ban them outright though.
Sorry for the long and boring post. Hope it sheds at least some light on the matter.
Stee
