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

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From: Alan <alano@teleport.com>
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Message Hash: f4fbb16bb945e2e731db087bc8cd37f3e3aef289327a86003ccabbbb053b911f
Message ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970710100127.21118H-100000@linda.teleport.com>
Reply To: <v03102807afea1f8f0451@[10.0.2.15]>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-10 18:03:20 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 02:03:20 +0800

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From: Alan <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 02:03:20 +0800
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Recreational pharmaceuticals by genetic engineering
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On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Steve Schear wrote:

> I know this is off-topic for the list...
> 
> 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).

I had expected someone to cross blue-green algae with the part of canibus
that produces THC.  I would love to see something that would have the DEA
try to haul off people who have pond scum in their bird feeders and the
like.  (Anything that will make them look even more absurd...)

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