Team makes Vicodin component in yeast, says 'home brew' opiates still not feasible

Friday, August 14, 2015 - 14:40 in Psychology & Sociology

Earlier this summer, a flurry of scientific papers and news reports warned of the likely arrival, sometime soon, of "home brew heroin" -- opiate drugs that might be brewed using yeast, just like beer or wine are, possibly in the privacy of your own home.

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