There’s a hurry in Rush.
Santa Monica Boulevard’s Up and down stores saw a run on the signature red and yellow bottles this week, because the Food and Pharmaceutical Administration hit Poppers, a long -term product in the legal limo.
The active ingredient in Rush and other Poppers is an alkyl nitrite, a chemical, which is an instant expanding blood vessels when inhaled, producing a short but intensive feeling of euphoria. In addition, it causes smooth muscle tissue, including the anus, this is an effect that makes it a element of gay sex throughout generations.
Although it is officially banned by FDA for human consumption, Poppers, nail polish removal, liquid incense or VHS band cleanser, blinking and shaking the head was clearly sold in thumb -sized bottles marketed.
However, FDA, however, raided a popular brand called Double Scorpio this month, many of them fear that the Trump administration ends the tolerance period.
Many retailers, double scorpion raids days after the pork sweat, brown bottle and stupid bitch juice, such as rival brands have become scarce, he said.
“People are asking if we were going out, Smoke 4 said Sandy, who had less cashier, just called the media. “Stocks.
Similar purchasing madness was reported in the country, some of them were worried about the opening of a new front in a wider campaign against LGBTQ+ people by the federal government.
Edward Edward, a clerk of the books in Western Hollywood in Circus of Books, said, since the FDA raid, concerns about the legality of the drug, “A hits to the community,” he said. “If this is removed, they do not know what happened next.”
According to the 2020 report in the Psychoactive Drugs Journal and the 2018 survey in Gay & Lesbian Social Services Journal, about one -third of gay men used Poppers and said that they have used about 20% in the last three months.
Orum I define people as muscle relaxants, Ed Edward said. “Helps people with more sensitive bodies in anal sex.”
Bottles are popular enough to be next to the best billing on the Instagram grille of safe and books. Nevertheless, no one who does not want Poppers can take them.
Jay Sosa, a associate professor and drug scholar at the Bowdain College in Maine, said, “You can say a lot, but you can’t call it poppers,” he said.
For a long time, Everett Farr III, a hurried -branded nail polish removal manufacturer, has been considered a pioneer in branding. He warned that there were several raids in the past and that a FDA pressure would not necessarily end up.
“This is not my first rodeum, Far Farr said. “Previously followed religiously.”
But for many, this moment feels different.
President Trump took action on several homosexual and transsexual problems, prevented gender therapies for children and military veterans, actually stopped a global AIDS prevention program and weighing hard cuts Disease control and prevention centers, internal efforts to end the disease will kneel the HIV section.
“The weather busa, then [the crackdown on poppers] A lightning bolt, Adam Adam said Zmith, “Deep Sniff, Poppers and the History of Queer Futures.
Before becoming FDA chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Repeat the conspiracy theory Poppers causes AIDS. Experts said that this legend has recently won new traction.
The FDA would not answer questions about the latest double scorpion bust, nor would it not determine which nitrite manufacturers were targeted or when they were targeted.
But until Monday, big players Pac-West Distribution And Nitro-Solv He had downloaded the websites or replaced them with posters, saying that they no longer operate. Brown bottle did not respond to calls and e -mails for comment. Julian Bendaña, co -founder of Double Scorpio, directed the questions to his lawyer who did not answer immediately.
Double Scorpio said, iz We do not know much to share, but we believe that FDA has recently carried out similar actions to other companies, ”Double Scorpio said.
Amil nitritis emerged as an early treatment for chest pain and asthma attacks in the 19th century. According to an article dated 2024 in California Law Review, it was available on the counter in the 60s, and then gay nurses helped to popularize the use of entertainment purposes and prescribed at the request of a manufacturer.
The amil was replaced by other alkyl nitritis sold under many of the same brands in the sex store showcases. In the 70s, Poppers was a common club. In the 80s, the doubt, which was partly hung on them during the AIDS epidemic, was mostly limited to gay men. By 1990, they were made illegal for human consumption.
Then in the 90s, Farr took over the trademark for Rush. Since then, he has been experts in marketing and selling safely within the boundaries of the law.
Orum I produce a completely legal product, ”he said. “Some people don’t understand the law and how to follow it.”
Since my pandem, alkyl nitrites have increased popularity among the clubs, from adult stores to head shops and even corner stores.
The Double Scorpio brand has a stylish packaging, hip social media presence and goodwill of LGBTQ, which helps to access new users.
“Deep smelling” writer Zmith said, “They really developed a queer community,” he said.
The Double Scorpio, which is officially sold as a “leather cleaner ,, comes in a pumpkin flavor.
“Double Scorpio three different nitrite, Ed said Edward, Western Hollywood clerk, who has doubled as a kind of nitrit sommereer. “Popular because fragrant.”
Dealers and experts, inhalant, many of the women who see many of women as a safer alternative to marijuana and alcohol, said they are more popular.
“Many girls use it before doing party, Ed Edward said. “This is a body high, but it does not affect your mentality like marijuana does.”
It is also widely available and can be purchased with Apple Pay.
“Cheap, easy, legal high, Z Zmith said.
However, information about what the substance is or how to buy is insufficient. As the new markets passed, problems arose.
Prof. Dr. Nyu Langone Health Population Health Associate Professor Joseph J. Palamar said, iz We see an increase in swallowing poisoning-Poppers people, ”he said.
Smelling alkyl nitritis can cause skin irritation, dizziness, low blood pressure, headache, and other unpleasant side effects. Drinking them – even in small amounts – causes a kind of blood poisoning that turns victims from sudden hypoxia to blue.
“Even a few drops are enough to make you sick,” Palamar said.
FDA warned not to make consumers first Mix Poppers for energy drinks In 2021.
By 2024, the problem was enough to begin to distribute signs to the New York City Ministry of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bodegas, who sells them, “Do not drink poppers”.
Nevertheless, experts said that swallowing poisoning has really emerged in the last few months, and that the federal authorities are unlikely to respond to them. Raw numbers are small.
On the other hand, many public health experts are afraid that a large print on Poppers may force the market underground underground that it can direct users to risky drugs, as in previous raids in 2013.
In UCLA, Dr. Timothy Hall, “This will harm people,” he said. “In the USA, disrupting the poppers supply is more likely to push people to look for more dangerous alternatives.”
Sosa said FDA took the same stance in 1987. Despite the widespread evidence that the compound was used illegally – as part of a long -term trademark struggle through Rush in the federal court – FDA often chose to ignore it.
This policy can end now, there can be many fear.
“People don’t want to touch him, Z Zmith said. “Many people don’t want to talk about anal sex, and they don’t want to make political explanations that defend anal sex.”
In the midst of uncertainty, some sellers increased prices. Nevertheless, there are more preventive products from shelves. A clerk in Rough Ticaret in Silver Lake claimed that the store never sold alkyl nitrite despite the emphasizes introducing Poppers on Instagram.
The rest is only selling what he left in stock.
Orum I’m waiting for an order, Sand Sandy said, Smoke 4 less clerk. We’il see what I got.
