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Don't know if this really is all that bad as it looks like it's legal in the US, but it's worth a look because it does sound dangerous...

Using an over-the-counter decongestant in combination with caffiene-laden beverages may be silly and potentially dangerous, but so is skydiving or jaywalking, and people do both of those.

We're not in the habit of wrapping people in cotton wool and protecting them away from life experiences - for one thing, we lack the sort of omnipresent enforcement to make it possible.

In short: no, we're not going to do anything about it. It's completely outside our purview as Moderators.

~ Tsar the Mod.

Using an over-the-counter decongestant in combination with caffiene-laden beverages may be silly and potentially dangerous, but so is skydiving or jaywalking, and people do both of those.

We're not in the habit of wrapping people in cotton wool and protecting them away from life experiences - for one thing, we lack the sort of omnipresent enforcement to make it possible.

In short: no, we're not going to do anything about it. It's completely outside our purview as Moderators.

~ Tsar the Mod.

Thanks. I just thought someone might want to be aware of it. I know in the past similar advice has been deleted by other mods.

Thanks. I just thought someone might want to be aware of it. I know in the past similar advice has been deleted by other mods.That was usually felonious activity (such as stealing cars). This is more just mind-numbingly stupid.

Especially since he forgot the anticoagulant. If you're gonna do poor-man's speed, you really should do it right...

There are tons of legal substances that can be used to get high or intoxicated. Say, if I explain that if you sniff the junk sprayed on metal plates to coat them makes you kind of high, it's not illegal to say so. However, if you explain the process of making pills that give the same effect, you are in gross violation of the law.

Common sense.

However, if you explain the process of making pills that give the same effect, you are in gross violation of the law.

Common sense.

Explaining a chemical production process is not against the law.

Explaining a chemical production process is not against the law.

If the process is under patent/copyright it would be. Kind of like giving away a restaurant's secret sauce, typically, those who do can be sued.

Explaining a chemical production process is not against the law.Making pills to get high or intoxicated = drug which is illegal in just about every country, especially the US of A.

That was usually felonious activity (such as stealing cars). This is more just mind-numbingly stupid.

Especially since he forgot the anticoagulant. If you're gonna do poor-man's speed, you really should do it right...

I was think more along the lines of threads I've seen closed for providing recipies for napalm and such. I figured this would fit under such dangerous chemicals.

Perhapse exactly what is allowed along these lines should be clarified.

Anyway, like I said originally, I wasn't sure if it was bad enough to be closed, but thought it might be, and thus the OP. If the mods think it's OK, I have no complaints. :)

Making pills to get high or intoxicated = drug which is illegal in just about every country, especially the US of A.

At the risk of turning this into a debate which probably better belongs in General: making illegal drugs is (obviously) illegal, but publishing or distributing the information on how to do so is not.

Don't risk it, you.

~ Tsar the Mod