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title: "Great news! "But very soon, perhaps within a year, the poppy will no…"
date: 2015-05-18
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# Great news! "But very soon, perhaps within a year, the poppy will no…

*May 18, 2015 · Facebook*

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/health/a-way-to-brew-morphine-raises-concerns-over-regulation.html?\_r=1](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/health/a-way-to-brew-morphine-raises-concerns-over-regulation.html?_r=1){target="_blank"}
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Great news! \"But very soon, perhaps within a year, the poppy will no longer be the only way to produce heroin's raw ingredient. It will be possible for drug companies, or drug traffickers, to brew it in yeast genetically modified to turn sugar into morphine.\"
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