what are the "dopalacze"? are those the drugs Polinius3 mentioned?
yes
how come it was used to be sold freely in Poland?
it's freely sell in whole world.
It because somebody come to the great idea of inventing new subsrances which works like common drugs and sell it in producs which are marked: nie do spożycia przez ludzi. Officaily dopalacze are registered as collection products (produkt kolekcjonerki) or plant fertilizers (nawozy dla roślin).
It produced nice slang fraces such as: "włożyć coś do klasera"... ;>
No one knows the substances those drugs includes so they can't be delegilised quickly. Authorities needs to identify substances first then they can ban it. Of course first generation of those pills (containing mostly BZP) were identified and banned but the producer just get rid off those products and replaced it with another unidentified substance.
mild in comparison to that of alcohol,
what about mephedrone?
which ones? What products? Do tell!
See, that's what so wonderful about the internet. If you research, you can find everything about the product you're about to injest, including the first hand, both positive and negative ratings. Pay attention to the sources, though, if it is a pill, for example, you'll have to wade through tons of pharmaceutical advertizing..
are we talking about the same things? Man on my dopalacze the product list was soemthing like: herbals, aminoacids, cayenne pepper. there was no sides effects leaflet or what it contains but i agree everyone knows it can be harmful and everyone takes it on their own risk.