"If it was "poisoning people", they wouldn't have continued using it." That is utterly false. "If you are actually into the pharmacology industry, then you w

"If it was "poisoning people", they wouldn't have continued using it." That is utterly false. "If you are actually into the pharmacology industry, then you would know that most pharmaceuticals are derived from plants, fungi, or other organisms." Well that has been the case for a very long time. This process is called drug discovery. We are going to be in a very good position to solve the "forward problem" in the near future. With adequate structure-activity models then computationally designed drugs are a real possibility. It is an exciting time for a hacker to be a chemical engineer.