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Is the FDA cracking down on poppers?

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Is the FDA cracking down on poppers?

Iain Buist/NCJ Archive/Mirrorpix via Getty Images

Poppers, a party substance long popular with gay men, were thrust into the national spotlight last week when one producer, Double Scorpio, claimed that they halted operations due to a search and seizure by the FDA. There’s been no official statement from the FDA saying this raid took place, but the suggestion of a raid — against producers of a substance disproportionately popular with the queer community — certainly raised some eyebrows.

Brittany is joined by Selena Simmons-Duffin, Newsportu’s health policy correspondent, and Alex Abad-Santos, Senior Correspondent at Vox. Together they talk about the FDA’s concerns about poppers — even before our current administration — and the conspiracy theory that’s giving some gay men flashbacks to the 1980s.

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This episode was produced by Corey Bridges. It was edited by Neena Pathak. Our Supervising Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our Executive Producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.