"A growing number of people in the UK are injecting themselves with an unlicensed tanning drug. Melanotan is still undergoing clinical trials but is sold illegally online and in salons and gyms. It is a synthetic hormone which stimulates the body's production of melanin, a substance that gives the skin its colour. Experts are worried that the long-term effects are not yet known."
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