FDA Cracks Down On Popular Gay Party Drug ‘Poppers’

[Turd Fergusen]

The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on “poppers,” a recreational party drug popular within the LGBTQ+ community, multiple outlets report.

Poppers, made of alkyl nitrates, have operated in a legal gray area for decades — masquerading as cleaning solvents and nail polish remover, according to Fast Company — but the inhalants have now seemingly fallen under scrutiny.

Double Scorpio, a Texas-based poppers producer, announced this week that it “stopped all operations following a search and seizure” performed by the FDA, according to a statement on their website, which has been wiped of all other information.

“We don’t have a lot of information to share but we believe that the FDA has performed similar actions towards other companies recently,” the company wrote, thanking their loyal customers for their “trust” during their eight years in business.

The outlet also reports that multiple other poppers brands have gone silent and scrubbed their internet presence, such as Rush producer Pac-West Distributing (PWD), whose site now only displays the brand logo, and poppers seller Nitro-Solv, which announced on their site they have “ceased operations.”

AFAB Industrial — a fellow Rush producer and once an outspoken face of the poppers industry — has gone ghost, too, according to Fast Company. In 2021, AFAB International owner Everett Farr alleged he controlled 75% of the market.

“As far as I’m concerned, I sell nail polish remover,” he told Buzzfeed at the time, although he admitted that “without this product, a multitude of gay men cannot have gay sex.”

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FDA cracks down on popular gay party drug ‘poppers’

The party’s no longer popping.

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[Metalfan]

I had to look it up for what it does,and it looks just like five hour energy bottles.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

I remember seeing them back in the day at head shops and asking what they were, never really got a full answer. They used to be always labeled and VCR head cleaner. Most people today probably don't know what the fuck a VCR is/was..

Still a little unclear. Think it's supposed to give a slight buzz and make your butthole a little loose??

 

[Symmachus]

I noticed that one of them is named "Purple Haze". I wonder if the frequently misheard lyrics were not lost on the creators of that particular popper.

"Dammit, everyone! It's pretty clear that I am saying 'kiss the sky' and NOT 'kiss this guy'! I kiss SKIES not GUYS! I! Do! Not! Kiss! GUYS!"

 

[thuumpr]

The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on “poppers,” a recreational party drug popular within the LGBTQ+ community, multiple outlets report.


Why is it I'm thinking the 'L's in the LGBTQ+ community might not be interested?

 

[DaveL]

without this product, a multitude of gay men cannot have gay sex.

Really? I had never heard of this before.

 

[McDanel]

AIDs/HIV Info is also being wiped from gov't websites.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Really? I had never heard of this before.

The gays have to have inhalable chemicals to have sex??? Yeah, that wasn't on my radar either.

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

I remember seeing them back in the day at head shops and asking what they were, never really got a full answer. They used to be always labeled and VCR head cleaner. Most people today probably don't know what the fuck a VCR is/was..

Still a little unclear. Think it's supposed to give a slight buzz and make your butthole a little loose??

Tighter, looser, let's just say anything !

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Anything.

 

[Pinwheel]

Not only gay people use poppers. Tons of straight people do and not only for sex, but to enhance drugs like mdma too.

 

[roadsidehorror]

The manliest woman I ever met had a bottle on her coffee table. Stuff gives you a warm kinda head rush…effects last for a minute at best and no one’s going to ever get addicted.

The FDA should be dismantling big pharma.
Instead, they are stopping those pesky homosexuals from having any more fun.

 

[Symmachus]

I, for one, hope that poppers do not get banned, especially if they are wrapped in bacon.

 

[Pinwheel]

I, for one, hope that poppers do not get banned, especially if they are wrapped in bacon.

Those always look really good, but I dont usually like food wrapped in bacon bc the side of the bacon that is touching the food is always undercooked. I can definitely see a few pieces in this picture that this would hold true for, and I don't like crispy bacon, I like chewy bacon, but not undercooked bacon.