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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  3144 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Insomnia bothers

Wait where do you live that melatonin is a controlled substance?





hyperflare  ·  3144 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's scheduled in a few european countries. I'm in Germany. Uk, Denmark are also restricted.

OftenBen  ·  3144 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What authoritarian nonsense.

hyperflare  ·  3144 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Authoritarian? The reason it's freely available in the US is because they label it as a supplement. Which, considering that it doesn't have any value as such, isn't good either.

The risks of long-term usage aren't yet quite clear (as are the benefits). I'm all for legalising more stuff, and we could probably do it for melatonin, but there's a lot of things that would be less controversial :P