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A comment on China's role in the U.S. fentanyl epidemic. Parent comment

Re:China's role in the U.S. fentanyl epidemic by woah on Sunday February 16, 2020 @12:08PM (#22342473)
The bath salts were a similar story, right?
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Re:China's role in the U.S. fentanyl epidemic by philipkglass on Sunday February 16, 2020 @02:25PM (#22343292)
Right, "bath salts" contained cathinone drugs that were initially obscure and unregulated in many countries, so they served as temporarily legal substitutes for amphetamine type stimulants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_cathinone

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