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[โ€“] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's... Not even a good cover story lol. Research really doesn't need that much of a target material, and the costs of actually doing said research far outweighs the cost of reagents or supplies in all but the most exotic, bleeding edge materials known to man.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Haha yeah, they just wanted to make cocaine out of tobacco plant.