Also known as the Chinese herb Ma huang, ephedrine alkaloids are marketed as the dietary supplement ephedra. The stimulant is used in weight loss preparations and in supplements sold to boost ...
Also known as the joint pine or Mormon tea, Ephedra foeminea is a gymnosperm, a group of ancient, flowerless plants that rely on insects for pollination. Without flowers or other lures, the joint pine ...
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.