Did the law killed chemistry among the youth

I'm completely aware that chemistry sets are now a days , considered a threat by many countries due to the war on terrorism and drugs such as meth . Young students like me living in other countries wishes for chemistry sets to perform science experiments like me , wanting a chemistry set from the US , so the question is , the the war and the law killed the science of chemistry ?

While the empirical portion may be threatened, the curiosity is still effervescent amongst the youth.

Plus people find ways around the bans on chemistry equipment - everything from using coffee pots as beakers to torches for bunsen burners.

Pretty much. If not totally, they made it extra hard to acquire chemicals, with all sorts of red tape and sign-offs.

Check out this video by Author Robert Bruce Thompson:

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/07…

He also has a youtube profile where he does some experiments:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHomeScien…

They are still freely available and not at all hard to come across. Try googling it!! Here's a decent link

http://curiousminds.co.uk/Chemistry