How to Use ephedrine in a Sentence

ephedrine

noun

• The ephedrine meth was a party drug, big in the gay community.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• Starting in 2005, the government cracked down on ephedrine, and supplies of meth dried up.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• To save him, Cousin Ricky is going to pump Pope full of ephedrine, a dose that luckily doesn’t stop his heart, but amps him up to get back that cross.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• Local producers shifted from using over-the-counter medicines — used in the rest of the world to make ephedrine — to the widely available ephedra, growing wild on Afghan hillsides.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• But seizures of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenyl-2-propanone (P2P) -- the most common chemicals used to make meth -- basically dried up.
  — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 3 May 2021
• The Argentinian was also sent home early from the 1994 World Cup as a result of testing positive for the drug ephedrine.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• Avoid drinks containing stimulants such as ephedrine or high doses of caffeine.
  — John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• This meant traffickers were no longer beholden to the cyclical nature of the poppy harvest or the difficulties of cooking meth from ephedrine.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• He was ejected from the 1994 World Cup after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug ephedrine.
  — Liz Clarke, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020
• Predictably, a drugs test was in order and the veteran superstar got an F, testing positive for the performance-enhancer ephedrine.
  — SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Many nations tried to halt meth production by choking supplies of precursors, usually ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, best known for being used in decongestant medicines.
  — Grant Peck, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2022
• The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act would, in 2006, limit how much ephedrine could be purchased at one time, effectively restricting the key element to meth production.
  — Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard and Rachel Clarke, CNN, 30 Nov. 2021
• Methamphetamine is an addictive stimulant that can be made from ephedrine and other readily available chemicals.
  — Mike Ives, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2016
• Predictably, Argentina unraveled after Maradona was expelled from the tournament because of another positive drug test, this one for ephedrine.
  — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
• Muscle Addiction's EpiAndro Lean is a powerful new supplement that combines the effects of three important supplements into one easy-to-take capsule: ephedrine, androsterone, and yohimbine.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
• Bitter Orange Extract Bitter orange extract contains synephrine, an ephedrine analog that speeds up metabolism, burns fat, and suppresses appetite.
  — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
• Bitter Orange Extract Bitter orange extract contains synephrine, an ephedrine analog that speeds up metabolism, burns fat, and suppresses appetite.
  — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
• Like many other states, Mississippi mandated a prescription years ago because drug enforcement agents said medications with ephedrine or pseudoephedrine were being used as an ingredient in crystal methamphetamine.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2022
• Champagne explains that products such caffeine and ephedrine — touted for metabolism-boosting and weight loss — may negatively affect metabolism, and are potentially dangerous for some.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Aug 2024