I’ve been a member of drug discussion boards for over a decade and have a pretty good understanding of what’s legally allowed (basically any discussion short of step-by-step synthesis instructions) and what’s not (sourcing any drugs, even ‘grey area’ ones).

!drugs@lemmy.world is shut down because…

This community is participating in a blackout against Lemmy for allowing free access to their API with no charge, rendering it affordable for third-party app developers to continue their services. The lack of prohibitive cost makes it easy to mod from mobile, promotes innovation, and gives unlimited user choice, and effectively opens up a significant portion of the culture we’ve all come to appreciate. Indeed, every third party app developer on Lemmy made essentially the same statement: “I don’t have to shut down the app.” Apps can also show ads which is a primary source of revenue. So not only do they not have to pay exorbitant fees, they can even mitigate those fees with ads.

And the current mod is inactive, and has been for 2 years now. I’d like to be made mod there and appoint other mods from active users in the community, considering the sub was pretty active before it got locked down.