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What Were Yellow Jacket Pills in the 90s? A Look at Two Different Drugs

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In the 1990s, the street name 'yellow jackets' referred to two vastly different substances: the potent prescription barbiturate pentobarbital and the widely available herbal stimulant ephedra [1.2.1, 1.3.1]. What were yellow jacket pills in the 90s? The answer depends on context, covering both sedative abuse and the controversial dietary supplement market.