your posts today are how i found out if i ever went to japan i wouldn't be able to take my medication even with a letter (adderall)
the controlled substances list for japan is hysterical and bizarre and only gets funnier the longer you look at it
-there are only FOUR substances on planet earth that are straight up prohibited like cannot bring them in legally even with the correct paperwork
-they are heroin, methamphetamine, amphetamine (adderall).... and cannabis
-there are 3 laws that collectively deal with substances. the narcotics & psychotropics law, the stimulants & stimulants raw materials law.... and the cannabis law
-the latter 2 were clearly drafted later because the only things defined as "stimulants" are methamphetamine, amphetamine, and lisdexamphetamine. that's not a stimulants law that's an amphetamine law
-this means cocaine and MDMA are classed as narcotics not stimulants
-this means that technically, hypothetically, you could import cocaine easier than adderall
-THC is not defined as a cannabis product
-You can bring in THC as long as it is not derived from cannabis. Unsure how you prove that
-cannabidiol (CBD) is not on there at all
-so you can bring in CBD and THC but not cannabis
-flatpack cannabis. some assembly required.
-the result of this list is that cannabis is more illegal than cocaine, morphine, barbituates, MDMA, LSD, GHB, and fentanyl
-adderall is also more illegal than any of those
-dexamfetamine, which is the same drug as lisdexamfetamine but shorter acting (the body converts lisdexamfetamine into dexamfetamine that's why it's slower release) is not on the list at all
-on a legal technicality i will not be arguing at the border i could bring in dexamfetamine without any paperwork at all because they forgot it existed
-levoamphetamine also is not on the list
-lisdexamfetamine is the only thing labelled as a "stimulants raw material" the two actual stimulants raw materials (ie, component parts of amphetamine) are not on the list. lisdexamfetamine is not a component part of adderall, it's an altered version of a component part.
-technically you can make DIY adderall on the other side of the gate
-it would still be easier to get in with cocaine
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A study published in the Chemical Engineering Journal describes a strategy to produce a material based on zinc oxide (ZnO) capable of degrading sertraline, an antidepressant that has been detected, like other drugs, in groundwater worldwide and is considered an emerging pollutant. This kind of substance has certain physicochemical properties that hinder removal by conventional wastewater treatment methods.
The research was conducted in Brazil by scientists at the Center for Development of Functional Materials (CDMF), the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFIL), and the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB).
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Research team develops a more durable coating against ice
Ice-repellent coatings have been around for some time, but until now they have been very sensitive and detach quite quickly from the surfaces they are meant to protect. A research team led by Anna Maria Coclite and Gabriel Hernández Rodríguez from the Institute of Solid State Physics at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has now succeeded in remedying this shortcoming. They have developed a highly ice-repellent coating that adheres to a wide variety of materials and is very resistant to abrasion.
The team's paper is published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
The researchers achieved this progress by using a manufacturing technology called initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD). This makes it possible for a strongly adhesive primer material to gradually transition into the ice-repellent compound.
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Gee's unknown former participation!!!
So... For the ones that don't know, Gerard made a special participation on Say Anything's "In Defense Of The Genre" (2007).
I decided to share with you guys cause IT'S GERARD SINGING SOMETHING I NEVER HEARD BEFORE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING!?
Also, here are the lyrics of his part:
Pleaseee tell I'm not the only one who has never seen this before...
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When artists write about creating art!
When Mickiewicz said „i see immortality, immortality I create/ is there anything better you can do, god?” And when Schaeffer said “calling all artists to CRYSTALLIZE” And when Nightwish said “he was found naked and dead with a smile on his face and 1000 pages of erased text” and “I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world” And when The amazing Devil said “My head’s not yours, it’s mine” And when kitty horrorshow said “She passed the time talking to herself, making the drones chew off parts of her, trying to will the house to shake apart” And when Fall Out Boy said “smash all the guitars till we see all the stars” and when Pullman said “Tell them stories” and when scorpions said “through the wind and rain, the spirit of our song remains the same” and when MCR said “you only hear the music when your heart begins to break AND WHEN ARISTS WRITE ABOUT MAKING ART!!!
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