The boom is the result of a discovery by drug traffickers that a plant commonly found growing wild in parts of Afghanistan, ephedra, can be used to create the key component of meth: ephedrine.

Raventos, personal communication). In the present investigation, methamphetamine was found to antagonize this block, while adrenaline, nor-adrenaline, ephedrine and methoxamine were ineffective.

The rise of meth has been fuelled by a discovery that ephedra - a common, wild herb known locally as "oman" - can be used to make one of the drug's key ingredients: ephedrine. At a bazaar deep in ...

A Bradford County woman was arrested back in December on dozens of felony charges after police said she had an involvement in ...

NCB Chennai incinerates ₹50 crore worth of seized drugs, including ganja, ephedrine, and methamphetamine, following strict safety protocols.

“Ibrahim told Goswami that he was also bribing government employees at Kenyan government laboratories and warehouses in exchange for ephedrine (which could be used to manufacture methamphetamine ...