Yet another sign that the world is changed by the internet. A journalist for the Guardian designs a legal variant of an illegal drug and contracts via the internet to have it manufactured in China. More and more, people will be able to share information and manufacture themselves any drug, any cell, any medical device they can conceive of, far faster than any regulatory agency can review these things. The government will have to stop acting in loco parentis and instead issue guidelines and recommendations rather than bans and proscriptions.
Drugs unlimited: how I created my very own legal high | Mike Power | Science | theguardian.com.