Trump’s FDA Cracks Down on “Poppers”

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illegal to possess and inhale poppers, punishable with a fine of $500 or six months in jail.According to the Alabama Reflector, lawmakers in Alabama are poised to pass a law prohibiting the sale of poppers altogether, with possession punishable by up to a year in jail and a $6,000 fine.

Distribution would be punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $7,500. Now, the federal government appears to be cracking down on popper manufacturers, allegedly conducting raids of companies that sell them.

Double Scorpio, a Texas-based poppers producer, announced on its website last week that it “stopped all operations following a search and seizure” performed by the FDA. “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 statement on Double Scorpio’s website reads.

The company thanked its loyal customers for their “trust” during their eight years in business. Other poppers brands have gone silent and scrubbed their websites, according to Fast Company.These include Pac-West Distributing, which manufactures the popular brand Rush; Nitro-Solv, which announced it has “ceased operations” on its website; and AFAB Industrial, a fellow Rush producer.Previously, AFAB International owner Everett Farr bragged that he controlled 75% of the poppers market.“As far as I’m concerned, I sell nail polish remover,” Farr told Buzzfeed in a 2021 profile.