Let's see that prescription for that loaf of bread, citizen!

[OGIS]

Or: something else for the Mighty Drug Warriors to worry about.

"The new method, if it can be made more efficient, could significantly change the multibillion-dollar pain medication manufacturing business, but raises concerns about aggravating the growing problem of opioid abuse."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-science-opioids-idUSKCN0QI27J20150813

[donttread]

How soon can we expect the CIA to pull out of Afghanistan now?

[CreepyOldDude]

How soon can we expect the CIA to pull out of Afghanistan now?

Naw, easier to snuff the scientists, and destroy their research notes. Lab fire, anyone? :)

[southwest88]

Naw, easier to snuff the scientists, and destroy their research notes. Lab fire, anyone? :)

Too late. The biggest spur is knowing that something can be done @ all. & besides, they expect to have to do a lot of work before the process is commercially feasible. & they also put out what genes & organisms they worked with to get the first foothold.

It's too late to make a clean sweep of the research.