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Splicing Genes

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PuristLove

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Saw an interesting post at another message board and thought I would make a post here. People have put bacteria to use creating chemicals by finding the gene in the plant that produces that chemical, splicing it into the genes of various bacteria and whatnot, and letting them reproduce.
Anyways, the question is, why not apply this to various drugs we know and love such as the Opium Poppy and the Coca Plant? Imagine how wonderful it would be to have your very own heroin brewery, set up in your cabinet: ). A little vial of bacteria would be much easier to hide than a plant or many plants, and much easier to take care of, just feed it a little sugar every now and then. Anyways, just a thought
Pure
 
Yeah why not.....
hehe......
This shit ain’t rocket science or anything...it is much more complicated than that. The main reason they don’t, IU would imagine, is all about $$$$$. Why make a bacteria that produces morphine, when you can just make a poppy? Poppies are easy to make. See, cartels and what not don't really like to buy things like mass spectrometers, biological agents, or in general spend billions developing novel methods for producing organic chemicals. Their cash flow and legal status make that difficult.
Nature figured it out for us a long time ago.
The yeast tricked us into making more of them, so did the corn plants. Pot...has done so well for it self it has tricked some of the best paid and most highly educated botanists into growing it all over the world in closets and on hill sides. And you thought they were stupid…….. Makes you wonder who is really cultivating who eh…….
Interesting idea though, maybe you should get a Ph.D. and get started....!!!! Imagine a germ that would cause your body to release endorphins…….It would be a cold you would want to catch! It would be great for the bug, and humanity would thank you too. Until we got tolerant.
 
It would be easier to just make fentanyl then it would to do any of this genetic engineering....
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"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is: 'What are they in a position to do about it?'" (William S. Burroughs)
 
so, i just made some bis(acetylacetonato)(o-phenanthroline)cobalt(III) trifluoroborate, and yes, i think fentanyl would be damned easy.
as for gene splicing, i agree massively.
splice whatever you want.
play god, if you know how to play;
because god never had go to 9 am labs two days in a row.
 
Genetic engineering could be the new way to go. It would be initially difficult, but imagine the payoff! A huge variety of drugs could be grown, not synthesized. Think: MDMA sassafras, TMA-2 cacti, 2c-T-7
plants, etorphine-producing poppies--the possibilities are endless. If you look at the very complicated alkaloids that some plants naturally make, then even something like 5-TOM would be easy.
I bet that within the next 30-40 years, genetics and computing power will advance enough to make such engineering possible.
[This message has been edited by min (edited 04 October 2001).]
 
These are good ideas, but still, this shit is NOT the type thing you do in your kitchen... we have universities investing millions trying to figre this stuff out...
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"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is: 'What are they in a position to do about it?'" (William S. Burroughs)
 
No luck..... didn't work.
Tomatos are in the same fam too.... THC tomatos...mmmmmmmmmm that would make for a tasty burger.
 
Hey, anyone remember the Simpsons episode where they combined tobacco and tomatos - Tomacco ... if it was on the Simpsons it HAS to be true!
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"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is: 'What are they in a position to do about it?'" (William S. Burroughs)
 
I belive someone did actually manage to make THC Oranges but I can't find a link to it now, I heard about it along time ago.
 
Phreex, I realize this isn't kitchen chemistry, and would require valuable equipment, and someone much more knowledgeable than I to figure it out.
Where I think it has possibility, is that one person has to do it once, just get one colony of bacteria capable of producing the drug, then, all they have to do is start new cultures from that and sell them to dealers. They could sell a small vial of the stuff for whatever price they wanted really. A million dollars would probably not be too much to ask for it as it would become an unlimited source of drug that required no precursors and would probably be fairly easy to extract the drug from. No plants growing, no importing drugs up the ass, just a mason jar in the cabinet. If it worked it would be EXTREMELY valuable and they could very quickly make back whatever money they had invested... If only I had access to billions <evil grin>
Pure
 
billions? im not up to date on my genetic engineering but i didnt think it was that expensive.
and surely a genetic engineer would be easily be able to do it in his spare time using employers equipment. and it would definately be worth the effort
SirLSD
 
Oh, my precious bacteria would live inside me... it would be great... I would cough up raw chunks of fentanyl... I would sneeze not saliva, but powdered morphine ... oh the joy! Someone hurry up and make me some!
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"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is: 'What are they in a position to do about it?'" (William S. Burroughs)
 
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