Genetically engineering tobacco plants could enable a more sustainable production method for psychedelic drugs, which are increasingly in demand for research and medical uses
The opposite. Now that they have a patent and marketable process, they will lobby to increase enforcement [of the current, natural method] and, therefore, make it harder and more expensive to acquire elsewhere other than their highly proprietary (and likely excessively expensive) sources.
Oh shit would that mean dmt could become cheaper?
The opposite. Now that they have a patent and marketable process, they will lobby to increase enforcement [of the current, natural method] and, therefore, make it harder and more expensive to acquire elsewhere other than their highly proprietary (and likely excessively expensive) sources.
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