Opiates From Sugar: A Fermentation Route
Opiates are big business, both legally and illegally. In either case, crops of opium poppies need to be cultivated to harvest opium which creates problems. What if that wasn't the case? What if you could ferment opiates directly from sugar instead? Turns out scientists are working to do just that...

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