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Safrole

4-allyl-1,2-methylenedioxybenzene; extracted from sassafras oil (Cinnamomum camphora, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brazil) and the original MDMA precursor. Controlled under UN 1988 Convention Table I; UNODC Operation Purple (2008) disrupted the Cambodian safrole oil supply chain.

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