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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by Scoundreller on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:21PM (#27920818)
Availability is usually the answer. Lots of overland routes available where it’s popular/legal/cheap within the Middle East.

Though the APIs probably originate from China so you’d think more “western” choices would be made.

Presumably the party culture had been adopted from EU/USA.

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by Leparamour on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:01PM (#27921417)
> Though the APIs probably originate from China

What does API stand for in this context?

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by philipkglass on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:08PM (#27921506)
It stands for active pharmaceutical ingredient. Meaning the actual drug in a complete pill. Many pills are mostly non-active ingredients because a pill containing e.g. 10 mg of API would be inconveniently tiny if the pill itself was only 10 mg.
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