Based on how dangerous the effects of Veritasum are, there is no way that the potion should be able to go completely unregulated. The biggest dangers of the potion are when someone is given it without being aware of it: for example, offered some 'tea' which turns out to be brewed with the Veritaserum. When someone is placed in such a situation unaware, he or she might end up having to give up classified or otherwise sensitive information under the influence of the potion. Therefore, I propose that Veritaserum be given a chemical marker such that if a drink contains enough Veritaserum to effect the drinker, it glows a particularly unnatural drinker that lets the drinker know "WARNING: THIS TEA CONTAINS VERITASERUM - DO NOT DRINK IF YOU WANT TO AVOID TELLING THE TRUTH"!
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Date: 2012-09-16 04:18 am (UTC)William//Slytherin [134]