Explanation: there are tons of less-conspicuous synthetics the same factories could be pumping out instead. Lots of publicity & graphic anecdotes leads to pres

Explanation: there are tons of less-conspicuous synthetics the same factories could be pumping out instead. Lots of publicity & graphic anecdotes leads to pressure which isn't good for anyone. "flakka was just one of hundreds of lab-made substances so new that governments did not have time to identify and ban them. Hall, at Nova Southeastern University, made sure to bring up the China connection in media interviews last summer... ... When they returned, China announced that back on Oct. 1 it had banned 116 different synthetic drugs, including fentanyl and flakka"