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How can a substance be illicit if it was just discovered?

They’re default banned, in most Australian states.

https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/new-psychoactive-substances/

>> In Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria there is now a ‘blanket ban’ on possessing or selling any substance that has a psychoactive effect other than alcohol, tobacco and food.

>and food

Perfect, so bake it into cookies.

I'm assuming that the law is written such that it applies to ingredients which are both psychoactive and have no reasonable culinary value.

so sodium benzoate is okay (no psychoactive effect) and hazelnut is okay (use as a flavoring), but random alkaloids wouldn't.

buzzkill law, though.

Except for Kava which has recently been legalised. There's even a Kava company listed on the ASX! It just goes to show that when money talks, politicians listen.

https://fijikava.com/

Analog laws in most Australian states make these research chemicals banned-by-default.

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