1998, Celia Farber, “A.I.D.S.: Words from the Front”, in Spin[1]:
According to Lauritsen, poppers are the biggest money makers in the gay business world, grossing $50 million in 1978, and possibly twice that by now.
1994 November, SPIN, volume 10, number 8, page 87:
Hank Wilson, a gay activist in San Francisco who founded the Committee to Monitor Poppers in 1981, is candid about why poppers are so prevalent.
1999, United States of America V. Snyder, page A-3:
Synder explained that poppers are amylnitrite, a liquid nitrite which gives an individual a quick high. It comes in a little one-ounce brown bottle. They are sold in gay bars and adult book stores.
[poppers are ⇒ plural, but it comes ⇒ singular]
1993, John Lauritsen, The AIDS War: Propaganda, Profiteering and Genocide from the ..., page 104:
These studies all point in the same direction: poppers are bad for the health and bad for the immune system.
1986, John Lauritsen, Hank Wilson, Death Rush: Poppers & AIDS:
Poppers are a dangerous drug: known to cause immune deficieny, anemia, strokes, and lung damage, and suspected of causing cancer.
1992, Christopher Street, number 175, page 22:
In August 1985, John Lauritsen wrote about the poppers-AIDS connection in the Native: Poppers are a liquid mixture of isobutyl nitrite and other chemicals
2013, Lee M. CohenFrank L. Collins, Jr.Alice Younget al., Pharmacology and Treatment of Substance Abuse: Evidence and Outcome Based Perspectives:
Poppers are used by inhaling its vapors from a small bottle
2014, Julian Cohen, All About Drugs and Young People: Essential Information and Advice for Parents and Professionals, page 263:
Poppers are amyl, butyl or isobutyl nitrites [sic], collectively known as alkyl nitrites. In the UK poppers are usually sold as a gold-coloured liquid in a small bottle. They are usually inhaled, either straight from the bottle or from a cloth.
