The article discusses a crackdown on manufacturers of amyl nitrate, or poppers, initiated by the FDA under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Austin-based maker Double Scorpio reported a raid by the FDA, which has led them to halt operations. Poppers have been associated with the LGBTQ+ community for decades and produce effects aiding sexual arousal. The article suggests that this crackdown is connected to conspiracy theories about the causes of AIDS and highlights the potential implications of Kennedy's beliefs as Health and Human Services Secretary.
"We don't have a lot of information to share but we believe that the FDA has performed similar actions towards other companies recently," they write.
Poppers, which have been used as a gay party and gay sex drug for more than five decades, produce a brief high and can aid in sexual arousal.
This crackdown is likely being driven by newly installed Health & Human Services Secretary RFK Jr., and because of a semi-popular, longstanding conspiracy theory."
Them, an online queer magazine, is basically saying 'We told you so' after publishing an article in November reminding everyone that this was a pet theory of RFK Jr.
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