Редактирование: Transhumanism and drugs (раздел)

==Politics==

In the United Kingdom, efforts to ban continually evolving '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_intoxicant legal highs]' in the 2015-16 Psychoactive Substances Bill<ref>[http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/psychoactivesubstances.html Psychoactive Substances Bill HL 2015-16]</ref> has led for a complex set of exceptions such as alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, food and medical products. The bill has been described as 'rushed'<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34611153 Legal highs: Psychoactive drugs policy 'rushed', say MPs]</ref> by MPs, with confusion over poor definition of 'psychoactive'<ref>[http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/10/20/the-minister-in-charge-of-the-legal-highs-bill-doesn-t-under The minister in charge of the legal highs bill doesn’t understand his own legislation]</ref> which could even outlaw incense in churches,<ref>[http://www.lawandreligionuk.com/2015/07/31/incense-and-the-psychoactive-substances-bill/ Law & Religion UK]</ref> as well as [[Special:MyLanguage/nootropic|nootropic]]s and other benign substances.<ref>[https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28769-exempt-smart-drugs-and-nutmeg-from-drugs-law-mps-suggest/ Exempt smart drugs and nutmeg from drugs law, MPs suggest]</ref>

On January 27 [[Special:MyLanguage/Transhumanist Party (UK)|Transhumanist Party (UK)]] released a statement asking for nootropics to be exempted from the bill,<ref>[https://transhumanistparty.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/press-transhumanist-party-urges-exemption-of-nootropics-from-the-psychoactive-substances-bill/ PRESS Transhumanist Party urges exemption of nootropics from the Psychoactive Substances Bill]</ref> later picked up by Wired.<ref>[http://motherboard.vice.com/read/transhumanists-are-angry-about-the-uks-new-drug-law-psychoactive-substances-act Why Transhumanists are Angry About the UK’s New Drug Law]</ref>

In the US, [[Special:MyLanguage/Zoltan Istvan|Zoltan Istvan]] has also argued since 2015 that drug legalisation should be part of a transhumanist agenda and has met with legalisation advocates on the matter.<ref>[https://motherboard.vice.com/read/legalization-of-drugs-should-be-part-of-a-transhumanist-agenda Legalization of Drugs Should Be Part of a Transhumanist Agenda]</ref>