However, these are not “research chemicals” in the sense that people usually seem to use the phrase. The article refers to antibiotics, cancer treatments, neuromodulators… the sorts of drugs that the FDA requires a great deal of testing in multiple rounds before human trials can begin. I somehow don’t think that experimental chemotheraputics, et al can be purchased from the same online outlets.
This will obviously depend on what country we’re talking about, but generally, I’d still expect tons of in vitro tests (e.g. applying it to body cells in a lab), then in vivo tests with e.g. mice and then a few tests with humans who’ve signed a contract, before such a chemical can be sold anywhere close to the free market.
Even if people volunteer for it, you can’t just poison them…
Drug discovery is one thing, but the trialling processes are another.
People actually pay to test them, you can even buy research chemicals in the clear net if I’m not mistaken
I have heard that this is the case.
However, these are not “research chemicals” in the sense that people usually seem to use the phrase. The article refers to antibiotics, cancer treatments, neuromodulators… the sorts of drugs that the FDA requires a great deal of testing in multiple rounds before human trials can begin. I somehow don’t think that experimental chemotheraputics, et al can be purchased from the same online outlets.
This will obviously depend on what country we’re talking about, but generally, I’d still expect tons of in vitro tests (e.g. applying it to body cells in a lab), then in vivo tests with e.g. mice and then a few tests with humans who’ve signed a contract, before such a chemical can be sold anywhere close to the free market.
Even if people volunteer for it, you can’t just poison them…
Sometimes, you can even get them mixed in without knowing! /s
(if you’re going to get the stuff, try it near a fentanyl first aid dispensing machine…)