So, basically, the DEA mandate has backfired. By means of aggressive border control they've limited the supply of MDMA precursor entering the U.S., making it more feasible for suppliers to order cheap research chemicals instead and sell potentially dangerous, untested chemicals as Molly instead of MDMA, a safe chemical for which human trials actually have federal backing. Basically, the militarized goonsquad known as the DEA is acting at odds with research approved by the FDA; the agency people generally defer to when it comes to estabilishing laws for what is safe to put in one's body.
7. How widespread is the problem?
Huge. The fastest-emerging drug problem in the United States is the synthetic drug market, which now includes Molly. The chemicals in Molly have been found in nearly every state in the U.S.
And it's a multibillion-dollar business. In two days, the DEA seized $95 million off drug traffickers during a crackdown. It is a growing problem in Australia, New Zealand and Europe as well.
Someone should tell the dumbshits who work at CNN that "Huge." is not a complete sentence, nor is it very fucking descriptive. How can I trust the nation's major news source to get their facts straight (as they are
widely known not to) when they can't even write in proper English? Even more rich is how they've managed to somehow blow up a $95 million seizure into "a multi
billion-dollar business". So, by CNN's logic, the U.S. federal debt roughly surpasses the entire world's gross capital. I can actually feel myself getting dumber just by reading this crapshite.
Let's ignore the wildly-inflated "facts" for a minute and think of this logically: what does this article accomplish? It's relating designer drugs to the club scene, which is a fact that's been persistent for over a decade. In short, the premise of this article is not news at all. What are these facts the article is using to support this old news? Basically, just numbers it's getting from the DEA; there are obviously no other hard facts provided that can actually be corroborated. I could go on but it basically boils down to this: just don't ever link to the CNN domain, unless you're lampooning their circus-grade journalism.