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	~~\| industry = [[Dietary supplement]] [[manufacturer]]<br />[[Online retailer]]~~
	~~\| predecessor = Ceretropic~~
	~~\| founded = {{Start date and age\|2013}}<ref name="Ferrer2026" />~~
	~~\| founder = Paul Eftang~~
	~~\| defunct =~~
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	~~\| hq_location_city = [[Tempe, Arizona\|Tempe]], [[Arizona]]~~
	~~\| hq_location_country = [[United States]]~~
	~~\| area_served = United States~~
	~~\| key_people =~~
	~~\| products = [[Nootropic]]s; [[Dietary supplement\|Supplement]]s~~
	~~\| owner = Paul Eftang ("MisterYouAreSoDumb")<ref name="USDOJ2024" />~~
	~~\| num_employees = approximately 90 people~~
	~~\| num_employees_year =~~
	~~\| parent = Centera Bioscience~~
	~~\| website = {{URL\|https://nootropicsdepot.com/}}~~
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	'''Nootropics Depot''', also known as '''Centera Bioscience''', is a [[nootropics]] [[online vendor\|vendor]] based in [[Arizona]], [[United States]].<ref name="USDOJ2023">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Plead Guilty to the Distribution of Drugs Not Approved by the FDA and Will Pay $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=30 October 2023 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-plead-guilty-distribution-drugs-not-approved-fda-and-will-pay-24 \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="USDOJ2024">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Sentenced for Illegal Distribution of Tianeptine and Other Drugs and Ordered to Forfeit $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=5 February 2024 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-sentenced-illegal-distribution-tianeptine-and-other-drugs-and \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="Ferrer2026">{{cite web \| last=Ferrer \| first=Benjamin \| title=Nootropics Depot calls for legal clarity on botanical supplement classifications and stricter testing \| website=Nutrition Insight \| date=18 February 2026 \| url=https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/nootropics-depot-botanical-mushroom-supplements-regulation-testing.html \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref> The [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO) of the company is Paul Eftang, who is also known by his online handle "MisterYouAreSoDumb".<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /><ref name="Ferrer2026" />		'''Nootropics Depot''', also known as '''Centera Bioscience''', is a [[nootropics]] [[online vendor\|vendor]] based in [[Arizona]], [[United States]].<ref name="USDOJ2023">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Plead Guilty to the Distribution of Drugs Not Approved by the FDA and Will Pay $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=30 October 2023 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-plead-guilty-distribution-drugs-not-approved-fda-and-will-pay-24 \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="USDOJ2024">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Sentenced for Illegal Distribution of Tianeptine and Other Drugs and Ordered to Forfeit $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=5 February 2024 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-sentenced-illegal-distribution-tianeptine-and-other-drugs-and \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="Ferrer2026">{{cite web \| last=Ferrer \| first=Benjamin \| title=Nootropics Depot calls for legal clarity on botanical supplement classifications and stricter testing \| website=Nutrition Insight \| date=18 February 2026 \| url=https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/nootropics-depot-botanical-mushroom-supplements-regulation-testing.html \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref> The [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO) of the company is Paul Eftang, who is also known by his online handle "MisterYouAreSoDumb".<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /><ref name="Ferrer2026" />

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'''Nootropics Depot''', also known as '''Centera Bioscience''', is a [[nootropics]] [[online vendor|vendor]] based in [[Arizona]], [[United States]].<ref name="USDOJ2023">{{cite web | author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire | title=Arizona Company and CEO Plead Guilty to the Distribution of Drugs Not Approved by the FDA and Will Pay $2.4 Million | website=Department of Justice | date=30 October 2023 | url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-plead-guilty-distribution-drugs-not-approved-fda-and-will-pay-24 | access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="USDOJ2024">{{cite web | author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire | title=Arizona Company and CEO Sentenced for Illegal Distribution of Tianeptine and Other Drugs and Ordered to Forfeit $2.4 Million | website=Department of Justice | date=5 February 2024 | url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-sentenced-illegal-distribution-tianeptine-and-other-drugs-and | access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="Ferrer2026">{{cite web | last=Ferrer | first=Benjamin | title=Nootropics Depot calls for legal clarity on botanical supplement classifications and stricter testing | website=Nutrition Insight | date=18 February 2026 | url=https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/nootropics-depot-botanical-mushroom-supplements-regulation-testing.html | access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref> The [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO) of the company is Paul Eftang, who is also known by his online handle "MisterYouAreSoDumb".<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /><ref name="Ferrer2026" />

Between April 2017 and September 2021, Nootropics Depot and Eftang sold non-[[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA)-approved [[pharmaceutical drug]]s including [[tianeptine]], [[adrafinil]], [[phenibut]], and [[racetam]]s to consumers across state lines in the United States.<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /><ref name="WHO2022">{{cite book | title=WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence: forty-fourth report | publisher=World Health Organization | series=Technical Report Series - World Health Organization | year=2022 | isbn=978-92-4-004283-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTZlEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 | access-date=13 July 2026 | page=125 | quote=A Google Chrome Internet search in July 2021 with the search terms "phenibut" and "buy" identified 21 suppliers: Nootropics Depot, Zack attack, Liftmode, HR (Hard Rhino) Supplements, SportPoeders, Primaforce, Raw Powders, Nootropic Source, MOSPharma, Grabr, SG Asesores Industriales, Cosmicnootropic, Absorb Health, Newmind, ELV Bioscience, Intellimeds, SuperSmart, RUPharma'Science. bio, TheSmartShopOnline, Cosmic Nootropic and NutriVitaShop.}}</ref><ref name="MarraffaStorkHoffman2018">{{cite journal | vauthors = Marraffa JM, Stork CM, Hoffman RS, Su MK | title = Poison control center experience with tianeptine: an unregulated pharmaceutical product with potential for abuse | journal = Clin Toxicol (Phila) | volume = 56 | issue = 11 | pages = 1155–1158 | date = November 2018 | pmid = 29799284 | doi = 10.1080/15563650.2018.1476694 | url = }}</ref> As part of their operations, they engaged with consumers through a dedicated online [[Reddit]] forum.<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /> The preceding activities led to an FDA and [[United States Postal Inspection Service]] (USPIS) investigation and eventual prosecution of the company and its CEO.<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /> In October 2023, Nootropics Depot and Eftang pleaded guilty in a federal court and agreed to forfeit {{US$|2.4 million}} and seized drugs as part of a plea bargain.<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /> In February 2024, they were sentenced, with Nootropics Depot receiving 3{{nbsp}}years of probation and Eftang receiving 1{{nbsp}}year of probation.<ref name="USDOJ2024" /><ref name="Ferrer2026" /> The company imported {{US$|7.4 million}} worth in raw materials from [[China]] for the drugs between April 2017 and September 2021 and made approximately {{US$|35 million}} in profits from selling the drugs during this time period.<ref name="USDOJ2024" /> Eftang has defended the company by stating that its nootropic products had existed in a "legal gray zone" somewhere between a "drug" and a "supplement".<ref name="Ferrer2026" />

In February 2026, Nootropics Depot and Eftang called for industry-wide legal clarification and reform.<ref name="Ferrer2026" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://nootropicsdepot.com/}}
* [https://dsld.od.nih.gov/brand-products/Nootropics+Depot Nootropics Depot - Dietary Supplement Label Database - National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements]

[[Category:Drug distribution]]
[[Category:Nutritional supplement companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Online retailers]]

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	~~{{Short description\|Nootropics vendor based in Arizona, USA}}~~
	~~{{Infobox company~~
	~~\| name = Nootropics Depot~~
	~~\| logo = [[File:Nootropics Depot logo.png\|frameless\|250px\|class=skin-invert-image]]~~
	~~\| logo_caption =~~
	~~\| logo_upright =~~
	~~\| logo_alt =~~
	~~\| type =~~
	~~\| industry = [[Dietary supplement]] [[manufacturer]]<br />[[Online retailer]]~~
	~~\| predecessor = Ceretropic~~
	~~\| founded = {{Start date and age\|2013}}<ref name="Ferrer2026" />~~
	~~\| founder = Paul Eftang~~
	~~\| defunct =~~
	~~\| fate =~~
	~~\| successor =~~
	~~\| hq_location_city = [[Tempe, Arizona\|Tempe]], [[Arizona]]~~
	~~\| hq_location_country = [[United States]]~~
	~~\| area_served = United States~~
	~~\| key_people =~~
	~~\| products = [[Nootropic]]s; [[Dietary supplement\|Supplement]]s~~
	~~\| owner = Paul Eftang ("MisterYouAreSoDumb")<ref name="USDOJ2024" />~~
	~~\| num_employees = approximately 90 people~~
	~~\| num_employees_year =~~
	~~\| parent = Centera Bioscience~~
	~~\| website = {{URL\|https://nootropicsdepot.com/}}~~
	~~\| footnotes =~~
	}}

	'''Nootropics Depot''', also known as '''Centera Bioscience''', is a [[nootropics]] [[online vendor\|vendor]] based in [[Arizona]], [[United States]].<ref name="USDOJ2023">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Plead Guilty to the Distribution of Drugs Not Approved by the FDA and Will Pay $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=30 October 2023 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-plead-guilty-distribution-drugs-not-approved-fda-and-will-pay-24 \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="USDOJ2024">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Sentenced for Illegal Distribution of Tianeptine and Other Drugs and Ordered to Forfeit $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=5 February 2024 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-sentenced-illegal-distribution-tianeptine-and-other-drugs-and \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="Ferrer2026">{{cite web \| last=Ferrer \| first=Benjamin \| title=Nootropics Depot calls for legal clarity on botanical supplement classifications and stricter testing \| website=Nutrition Insight \| date=18 February 2026 \| url=https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/nootropics-depot-botanical-mushroom-supplements-regulation-testing.html \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref> The [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO) of the company is Paul Eftang, who is also known by his online handle "MisterYouAreSoDumb".<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /><ref name="Ferrer2026" />		'''Nootropics Depot''', also known as '''Centera Bioscience''', is a [[nootropics]] [[online vendor\|vendor]] based in [[Arizona]], [[United States]].<ref name="USDOJ2023">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Plead Guilty to the Distribution of Drugs Not Approved by the FDA and Will Pay $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=30 October 2023 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-plead-guilty-distribution-drugs-not-approved-fda-and-will-pay-24 \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="USDOJ2024">{{cite web \| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire \| title=Arizona Company and CEO Sentenced for Illegal Distribution of Tianeptine and Other Drugs and Ordered to Forfeit $2.4 Million \| website=Department of Justice \| date=5 February 2024 \| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/arizona-company-and-ceo-sentenced-illegal-distribution-tianeptine-and-other-drugs-and \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="Ferrer2026">{{cite web \| last=Ferrer \| first=Benjamin \| title=Nootropics Depot calls for legal clarity on botanical supplement classifications and stricter testing \| website=Nutrition Insight \| date=18 February 2026 \| url=https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/nootropics-depot-botanical-mushroom-supplements-regulation-testing.html \| access-date=13 July 2026}}</ref> The [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO) of the company is Paul Eftang, who is also known by his online handle "MisterYouAreSoDumb".<ref name="USDOJ2023" /><ref name="USDOJ2024" /><ref name="Ferrer2026" />