Why does nobody seem interested in regulation anymore?
I've been around RC discussions for a while and one thing I've noticed is that people seem less interested in understanding risk and more interested in arguing whether something should exist at all.
Maybe that's just the internet in general but it feels like every conversation eventually turns into two camps. One side says a compound is perfectly fine. The other side says it should be banned immediately.
The middle ground used to be where the interesting discussions happened.
People would talk about dosage, pharmacology, long term effects, interactions, contamination risks, testing, labeling and what responsible use actually looked like. Now it feels like those conversations get skipped entirely.
I've noticed this with newer compounds but also with things like kratom extracts and 7OH. Instead of asking what the actual risk profile looks like, people seem to jump straight to conclusions before much data even exists.
From a harm reduction perspective, that seems backwards. Better information, better testing, better labeling and better standards seem more useful than pretending demand disappears because something becomes unpopular or prohibited.
Am I imagining this or have RC discussions become way more black and white over the last few years?