. >> reporter: chuck rosenberg said most thin sinn synthetic drugs come from how says easy is it for someone in america to buy these chemicals? >> too easy, extremely easy. somebody sits down at theirers it over the package. >> reporter: they're then transformed into many forms, liquids. and the drugs are a lot more dangerous than they look. in fact, the chemicals are so potent, they have to handle them with gloves. >> the reason t i are wearing gloves is if you touch it, you can absorb that and become -- the drug just by absorption. >> reporter: if i pick up that piece of paper, i could get it through my skin. >> for sure. yeah.w. >> that was kate snow reporting there. you can see more of her report 6:00 central here on nbc.next, our sunday story from the fashion designer who dresses celebs like beyonce and friends, together once again. then, harry smith taking us behind the scenes in one of broadway's newest shows. does the smell of a freshly bound presentation fill you with optimism? do you love your wireless keyboardfamily members? is your success due to a filing to your wireless

. >> reporter: chuck rosenberg is the administrator in charge of the d-e-a. >> but you're talking about an industry that's killing our kids. >> reporter: the d.e.a. says the synthetic drug problem in the u.s. originates far outside our borders. >> the chemicals come from abroad. often it's processed or but the chemicals are coming from overseas. >> are most of these chemicals coming from china? is that fair to say? >> most of it's coming from china. >> reporter: in china for the most part, it's been perfectly legal to manufacture and sell most synthetic chemicals. in fact, over the last seven years, the china pipeline, as it's called, has made so many of these chemical compounds, it's created a whole new world of drug dealing. a world where drug makers and dealers rarely meet. and where drug buys take place online. >> how easy is it for someone here in america to buy these chemicals? >> too easy. extremely easy. somebody sits down at their keyboard, orders it over the internet, and it shows up in a *r( r* shows up in a package. >> they're reasonably savvy in the way they package it and

. >> reporter: chuck rosenberg said most thin sinnsynthetic drugs come from china. how s sseasy is it for someone in america to buy these chemicals? >> too easy, extremely easy. somebody sits down at their keyboard, orders it over the internet and it shows up in a package. >> reporter: they're then transformed into many forms, pills, even liquids. and the drugs are a lot more dangerous than they look.. in factct thehemicals are so potent, they haha toandle them with gloves. >> the reason that detective and i are wearing gloves is if you touch it, you can absorb that and become -- the drug can affect you just by absorption. >> reporter: if i pick up that piece of paper, i could get it through my skin. >> for sure. yeah.. >> reporter: wow. >> that was kate snow reporting there. you can see more of her report on "dateline" tonight at 7:00, >>> up next, our sunday story from the fashion designer who dresses celebs like beyonce and rihanna to the cast of frieies, together once again. then, harry smith taking us behind the scenes in one of broadway's newest shows. it is a

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