[geoffwoo]

The broad stroke of your thinking is in line with ours -- it'll be inevitable. However, we do think it's important to start the dialogue and bring in policy makers as nootropics get more mainstream and as more exotic, unregulated/prescription drugs get roped into the scene. For example, sourcing unregulated research chemicals from labs in China or India zip-tied up in large, plastic baggies is sketchy. Bringing nootropics out of their current 'homebrew' status will really push the market forward.

You should try your caffeine with l-theanine if you don't like an over-stimulated, jittery effect. l-theanine is a pro-drug for GABA, crosses the blood-brain barrier, and is shown to ameliorate some of the edge off stimulants. Our indiegogo campaign for SPRINT makes it really easy to use: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sprint-declaring-war-on-a...

[cryoshon]

L-theanine has been on my list for a while. I agree that random RCs from Chinese factoring labs are likely to lead to people getting hurt, but right now, that's part of the game that people are willing to play to get an edge when stuff like Adderall (the layman's view of a nootropic holy grail) is illegal without a scrip. Legal and safe nootropics are a good goal to work for, but frankly I wouldn't expect any kind of legislative proactiveness on it-- wait until kids are dying or getting maimed by mystery RCs, because that is when their backlash against nootropics will come.

I checked out your indiegogo campaign and noticed the following:

"Geoff and I have been friends since going to college at Stanford, where we both studied Computer Science. We've scored 99th %ile on the big 4 tests: ACT, SAT, GRE, and GMAT. We know how to work and excel in some of the most challenging, demanding, and exciting academic environments in the world."

Do either of you have any kind of experience in neurobiology, biochemistry, or physiology? I understand that your product is basically a repackaging of confirmed-safe chemicals, but without some actual background knowledge your chemical ratios as well as pathway optimization will be mostly guesswork...