Jul 2, 2026 · 7 min · 7 segments
Miracle cures! Get your miracle cures! What the hell are peptides? Why is this class of black/gray market drugs on everyone’s lips and being injected into everybody’s veins? Where did this…
Edward Ongweso Jr.Host
Jathan SadowskiHostAnd this is a bit, it comes to be a bit concerning because the peptides are not controlled substances.
And so these raw materials that are sold for research purposes, ostensibly, there's not much scrutiny, you know, when it comes to the actual product as compared to the finished prescription.
And so the labels are usually, you know, bullshit, right? You'll have sellers that ship these APIs to anyone with a credit card and they ship dosing instructions to as well, and you're left to reconstitute the powders and self-dose blind.
But a lot of the times, what you're told is in there is not actually in there.
And if you test the concentrations of expected compounds, you'll see it's either substantially lower or higher.
And it bans compound pharmacies from making them, even with prescriptions.
Filling them is not really legal because they're not on the permitted list.
Where do they go? Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Chinese suppliers that you can pay in crypto or wire the money to, right? And it's relatively recently that we started to see a turnaround, which is what we'll be talking about in today's piece, right? So I think I really love the opening, the setting here to give you a sense of what's going on.
And this is a bit, it comes to be a bit concerning because the peptides are not controlled substances.
And so these raw materials that are sold for research purposes, ostensibly, there's not much scrutiny, you know, when it comes to the actual product as compared to the finished prescription.
And so the labels are usually, you know, bullshit, right? You'll have sellers that ship these APIs to anyone with a credit card and they ship dosing instructions to as well, and you're left to reconstitute the powders and self-dose blind.
But a lot of the times, what you're told is in there is not actually in there.
And if you test the concentrations of expected compounds, you'll see it's either substantially lower or higher.
And it bans compound pharmacies from making them, even with prescriptions.
Filling them is not really legal because they're not on the permitted list.
Where do they go? Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Chinese suppliers that you can pay in crypto or wire the money to, right? And it's relatively recently that we started to see a turnaround, which is what we'll be talking about in today's piece, right? So I think I really love the opening, the setting here to give you a sense of what's going on.
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