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If Melatonin is Safe, Why Did So Many Countries Ban Its Use?
Which brings us to the burning question on everyone’s minds when asking about banned melatonin: just why was it banned if it’s so safe?
Well, the answer to that question depends on the country, though it can be generally stated that there is an unfounded fear that viruses could be transferred through the animal products used during the manufacturing of supplemental melatonin.
Canada
For more specifics, let’s look at why Canada banned melatonin. With the buzz about melatonin having the potential to play a part in curing AIDS and epilepsy, a mad rush for melatonin took place in Canada resulting in the rare occurrence of a large number of addicts.
Sensing danger due to the frenzied sales and high number of Canadian melatonin addicts running around, the Canadian government banned melatonin to preserve the people.
Some people were so dependent on the melatonin that they illegally crossed the border to Washington to get their fix since they couldn’t get it from their local health stores.
Even so, some stores in Canada are still dealing melatonin under the table making a load of money on the “melatonin black market.”
Of course, if this sounds fairly ridiculous, even if that is the “official” reason, it’s because it is.
The banning of melatonin in Canada has more to do with political reasons just like it would were it to be banned here in America. The truth is, since melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone in both humans and in food, no one can hold an exclusive patent on it.
This means that here in America, if it was ever to be banned or go to a “prescription-only” option, the three companies that hold partial patents on melatonin supplements would stand to benefit.
Some of those company’s chairmen are the biggest proponents for the “melatonin is unsafe” movement. If you don’t overlook the same situation happening as a reason for the banned melatonin in other countries as well, you’ll be more informed than most.
Europe and other Countries
With that in mind, we can turn to the other countries, mostly European, that have banned melatonin.
The list is substantially large and includes: Australia, Greece, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Belgium, South Africa, Iceland, and France.
While touting claims similar to those of the Canadian government, the more likely explanation is the political and financial maneuvering that is taking place due to the many positive benefits of melatonin becoming more widely known.
