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"Here for the peptides": Unapproved weight-loss drug sold at Brooklyn bodega

Source: CBS NewsJuly 2, 2026
"Here for the peptides": Unapproved weight-loss drug sold at Brooklyn bodega

Behind the counter of a convenience store in Brooklyn, a cashier rang up a tiny vial of a peptide the store advertised as retatrutide — an experimental weight-loss drug whose sale is generally prohibited by federal law. Here's what CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi found.

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