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1997-07-10 - Re: Recreational pharmaceuticals by genetic engineering

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 3663b017b5b5cff650db386bac9f3c1a1aa898867864439ed2e65af7c1bac349
Message ID: <854L0D12w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
Reply To: <v03102807afea1f8f0451@[10.0.2.15]>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-10 19:44:34 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 03:44:34 +0800

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 03:44:34 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Recreational pharmaceuticals by genetic engineering
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Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com> 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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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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