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I wonder how long it will be before we can knock up a batch of morphine producing bacteria? Or ecstasy? This could be the start of the end of the war on drugs.

I wonder how long it will be before we can knock up a batch of morphine producing bacteria? Or ecstasy? This could be the start of the end of the war on drugs. I have libertarian leanings and have always been pretty confused that someone else is allowed to dictate what I put into my own body.

JPLeRouzic 5y ago
> I wonder how long it will be before we can knock up a batch of morphine producing bacteria? (2016 Total biosynthesis of opiates by stepwise fermentation using engineered Escherichia coli) https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10390 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10390 (2020 High-Efficiency Biocatalytic Conversion of Thebaine to Codeine ) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7191831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7191831/ (2021 review) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8288269/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8288269/