Policy
How the Hell Is This Legal?
The 30-year-old loophole letting opioids and brain drugs pose as “dietary supplements.” Inside DSHEA’s failure and FDA’s powerless oversight.
Supplemental Reading
Quick, plain-English investigations from Mothers Against Herbal Abuse (MAHA). Each story exposes how gas-station highs and unregulated “supplements” evade the law and endanger families.
Week 1 • Hidden Highs Launch
Phenibut
Gas Station Xanax
Russian Roulette: The Gas Station Xanax
How Soviet-era pharmaceuticals like phenibut and bemitil slipped into U.S. vape shops disguised as stress-relief supplements.
Kratom
Public Health
Eat Pray Poo
The kratom Salmonella outbreak nobody wants to talk about. When “tested for fecal bacteria” becomes a marketing slogan, something’s gone wrong.
About Supplemental Reading
Supplemental Reading is MAHA’s editorial arm — a weekly blog that pulls back the curtain on the unregulated side of the “herbal” supplement market. We unpack the policies, loopholes, and marketing tricks that keep dangerous chemicals on store shelves.
Every post connects to our main mission: educating lawmakers, parents, and communities about gas-station highs that masquerade as natural health products.
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