# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (July 21, 2011)

* Discussion of nootropic vendors and sources, with recommendations including Vitacost, Swanson, Nubrain, and Longecity/Imminst forums as resources for information on cognitive enhancement supplements.

* Conversation about the legal status of various nootropics, noting that modafinil requires a prescription in the US, while adrafinil (which metabolizes to modafinil) was unregulated in the US at that time.

* Reference to a study finding that cancer risks increase with height, specifically noting that "the risk of cancer in women rises by about 16 percent for every four-inch increase in height."

* Link shared to an Overcoming Bias article titled "IP Like Barbed Wire" discussing intellectual property rights (http://www.overcomingbias.com/2011/07/ip-like-barbed-wire.html).

* Brief mention of Gwern's analysis of Silk Road (http://www.gwern.net/Silk%20Road), in the context of sourcing substances that may not be legally available without prescriptions.