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FDA warns 'gas station heroin' widely available in U.S.

Season 2024 Episode 45 | 7m 21s

The Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings about a potentially addictive dietary supplement that’s widely available in the U.S. "Neptune’s Fix" is often sold as a supplement and features an ingredient called tianeptine, popularly known as "gas-station heroin." Ali Rogin reports.

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