Researchers figure out how to make home-made heroin without poppies

[Mad Dash]

http://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-figure-out-how-to-make-home-made-heroin-without-poppies

Researchers in the US have figured out how to make 'home-made' heroin using a modified form of sugar-fed yeast and an enzyme extracted from poppies, and warn law-enforcement officers that it’s only a matter of time before the drug hits the streets.

"We’re likely looking at a timeline of a couple of years, not a decade or more, when sugar-fed yeast could reliably produce a controlled substance (such as morphine)," lead researcher and bioengineer John Dueber, from the University of California, Berkeley, told John Ross at The Australian. "We need to be out in front so that we can mitigate potential abuse."

I think that WE need to get ahead of it so that WE can mitigate them trying to control our potential abuse. lol

 

[slimvictor]

Wow. Just wow.

 

[sigmond]

: A-Way-to-Brew-Morphine-Raises-Concerns-Over-Regulation

 

['medicine cabinet']

I remember this from a while back. Neat idea but I'll believe once I see a lab report lol....and maybe get to bang some of that sweet sweet smack.