Muscle Inc.: The New Frontier in Bodybuilding Drugs | Drugs

Performance-enhancing drugs were once a closely guarded secret in the bodybuilding world, but a new generation of fitness influencers are openly sharing their use on social media and marketing dangerous new substances called research chemicals to their teenage followers.

These new drugs have been linked to organ damage, heart failure and, in some cases, death. Their sale for human use is illegal, but social media companies and the Federal Drug Administration appear unable or unwilling to stop their spread.

In this episode of Fault linesWe take you into the deadly market for research chemicals and introduce you to their suppliers, marketers and victims.