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Re: Recreational pharmaceuticals by genetic engineering
Steve Schear <[email protected]> writes:
>
> I know this is off-topic for the list...
it's somewhat on-topic.
> But why hasn't some cleaver graduate student engineered a common mold or
> yeast to yield easily extracted (or directly ingestible) common
> recreational pharmaceuticals? Ideally it would be a perpetual source, like
> sour dough starter, and easily cultured. Once distributed to the street it
> would be impossible to stop or track (since no controlled chemicals would
> be required for production).
My understanding is that access to the eq needed for such hacking (or for
creating various harmful little bugs) is already very tightly watched.
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps