@Tryptameanie 568624 wrote:
You might well be right GL I’ve searched for any new guidance from the ACMD and found nothing. With the etizolam, I’m pretty confident the info about them getting legal advice was correct, but no-one’s said anything about diclazepam.
Etizolam has been controlled in some EU countries and the sale of all RCs is a grey area; as are a lot of things. its even possible the reason that DE and other nations controlled it is that they prescribe it legitimately and paradoxically that means its unlicensed import is a stronger offence of diversion.
I wonder if one reason for some countries controlling these RC’s is that they have far higher standards of road safety and healthcare than the UK; with particular attention paid to younger more risk taking sections of society; therefore problems caused by their use are picked up more quickly.
It also appears that other Northern European nations do not want to encourage a society where folk (especially older adults) feel they need to exist on a cocktail of stimulants and depressants to fit in time for work and hobbies (or to cope with stressful situatrions) which is what a lot of people in the UK and USA often do (it was a Europe wide problem in the 1970s as well)
