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You're right not most. The thing is the barrier to entry is so low now, people don't need "domain knowledge" because there is an "easily packaged path" now a days. These black/gray market peptides are directly advertised on social media not only directly from companies selling them but it has given rise to a whole crop of influencers known as "peptide educators". They lower the barrier to entry, simplify how to do it all and offer servicing essentially coaching people to take peptides.

There is Facebook groups with thousands of 50 year old moms taking gray market peptides, not just top 1% peptide-using bodybuilders. My example of peptide using bodybuilders was about the anecdotal safety of peptides. The barrier to entry previously was ALOT higher, you practically had to either contact a middleman in China and wire money to a random bank account overseas or buy it from a steroid drug dealer, now a days there is thousands of online storefronts that accept credit card and ship domestically that come with visual graphic instructions on how to do everything.

I'm sure when the New York Times writes a big piece about how gray market peptides have become a huge thing in the Fitness social media space, others will recognize it is growing and growing fast.



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