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  • DIY drug design

    How To Make Your Very Own Legal Drug By Colin Lecher, popsci.com “You can ban drugs, but you can’t ban chemistry,” Mike Power, author of Drugs 2.0, explains in this talk at the HIT Hot Top­ics Con­fer­ence. And he gives a per­son­al, inves­tiga­tive story to prove it. Gov­ern­ments can leg­is­late… http://flip.it/waJER Related articles MDMA Could…

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  • The end of the ridiculous war on drugs

    As US states legalise marijuana, is this the end of the drugs war? Eugene Jarecki, guardian.co.uk The director of a landmark documentary which chronicles how the current penal approach has resulted in social disaster says the greatest legacy of the US elections may be shifting attitudes towards illegal narcotics Last week was a momentous wee……

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  • Researchers seek new drugs through evolution and local plant lore

    Researchers seek new drugs through evolution and local plant lore John Timmer, arstechnica.com Some of the most suc­cess­ful drugs we know about have come from plants, includ­ing the can­cer drug Taxol, the malar­i­al treat­ment artemisinin, and even aspirin. The lat­ter two were iden­ti­fied because of their use in herbal reme­dies that… http://flpbd.it/IKidw Related articles Drug…

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