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Except Joe who grows weed in his cupboard isn't really capable of producing heroin let alone the extraordinarily dangerous opium derivatives that pharmaceutical
by nannal 10y ago
Except Joe who grows weed in his cupboard isn't really capable of producing heroin let alone the extraordinarily dangerous opium derivatives that pharmaceutical are pushing on doctors.
- nyolfen 10y agowelcome to our grim cyberpunk (near-)future: https://www.wired.com/2015/08/dont-try-home-scientists-brew-opiates-yeast/ https://www.wired.com/2015/08/dont-try-home-scientists-brew-...
- nnfy 10y agoIf Joe can grow weed in his cupboard, he absolutely can grow poppies and produce opium. The process is not complex.
- narrowrail 10y agoThe required acreage to yield opium in significant quantities is way beyond a closet (or even a basement). Not to mention that heroin is ~1% of total opium weight.
- nnfy 10y agoIf we're talking about Joe's personal use, a single poppy plant produces multiple doses, according to this[1] reference and some anecdotal drug forum dose suggestions, on the order of tens of mg. 1.https://erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/opium.html https://erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/opium.html
- narrowrail 10y ago>produces multiple doses Could you tell me what number "multiple" is and what a "dose" looks like? Are we talking about raw plant material that is opium, or refined heroin/morphine/codeine? The conflation of the word drugs and plant material seems like the most absurd gorilla in the room. Off to do some coffee...