Research Chemicals are the new recreational drugs.

From time in memorial humans have found a way to entertain themselves with stimulants from nature-the stimulants that tickle the pleasure centers in the human brain. With the advancement in science and technology, they have tried to replicate the stimulants and artificially produce them in laboratories. Some of the new researched stimulants have found real use to cure symptoms and diseases but many of them found patrons in the private party and entertainment space. The new laboratory synthesized stimulants have been called drugs by some, and research chemicals by others. legal highs generally are a step ahead of drug testing and enforcement agencies. Regulars use them legally till it gets labeled as controlled substance to be sold with a license and prescription, and many banned in the open market. These legal and sometime illegal highs always have market with the young and restless.

Individuals can buy research chemicals in many countries where the legislation has not caught up to the drugs. Like any‘controlled’ substance, unregulated and unrestricted use of the research chemicals can lead to complications physically and well as impact socially. Like any habit, if not taken in limited doses can become a complicated addiction. Different nations havenoticeably different approach to, either legalizing or entirely banning the chemicals. Some Europeans countries have legalized sale and consumption of these legal highs in monitored and controlled locations, and others outright banned them when they are introduce in the market. Some countries take a proactive approach and make the chemicals and drugs illegal before it is created, by banning research and synthesizing a drug based on a certain published chemical structure.

Many people have given the chemicals a very glamorous name like designer drugs. The chemicals and drugs normally give its users, the same high as the real recreational drug. The creation and marketing hinges on preparing derivatives of some existing popular controlled substance or chemical by tinkering and altering the original chemical structure to a certain degree.The research or designer chemicals have fancy or complex names to attract its consumers; users can nowbuy legal highs like ethylphenidate, 4-MeO-PCP, methiopropamine,Synthacaine, and 6-apb or benzofury long before governments ban them.

Whatever may be the name of the chemicals, designer or recreational drugs- these substances are here to stay. The solution with governments and administrators are not banning them but understanding and controlling the use. A banned chemical can always be hijacked by a criminal agency for profit and can be misused by its users. Responsible users should be able to buy research chemicals or recreational drugs for limited recreational use. We have known from history that a good entertainment and great stimulants cannot ever go out of style.