Wellness peptide craze: Why people are injecting drugs 'not for human consumption'
Growing numbers of people are injecting unregulated peptides for health reasons - but one expert says they are "lab rats".
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Growing numbers of people are injecting unregulated peptides for health reasons - but one expert says they are "lab rats".
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