Poppers can now be sold in pharmacies, but getting them might not be so easy
- Written by Stefanie Vaccher, Statistician/Epidemiologist, UNSW

New regulations come into place this month that allow the sale of amyl nitrite, known as poppers, in Australian pharmacies.
Amyl nitrite and the broader class of drugs it belongs to, alkyl nitrites, were previously illegal in Australia. But poppers were easy to obtain, sold as “room deodoriser” or “leather...