General > General Technical Chat
Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
<< < (359/447) > >>
bd139:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 05, 2020, 12:47:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 05, 2020, 12:19:51 pm ---You can make vodka with toilet rolls as well.

--- End quote ---

NileRed?

--- End quote ---

My chemistry teacher beat him by about 25 years but it did jog the memory.
Zero999:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on July 05, 2020, 03:31:39 pm ---
--- Quote ---No, I made alcohol accidentally. No books, Internet or research were required.
--- End quote ---
and you  can grow hemp  accidentally without knowledge if your careless with your bird seed or fishing bait
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-29301803
--- End quote ---
I've heard of similar stories before, but you're missing the point. Alcohol is much easier to produce than weed, so it's much harder to ban.


--- Quote ---
--- Quote ---I bet prisoners growing weed is much more rare than making hooch.
--- End quote ---
simple logistics,its easier to smuggle an 1/8 of weed in than it is a bottle of hooch,to get the same monetary return youd be looking at a minimum of half a bottle of spirts
--- End quote ---
On the other hand, alcohol can be made from ingredients in the kitchen: no smuggling necessary.
SilverSolder:

Both/either are probably pretty easy to make/grow for an enterprising person...
Zero999:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on July 05, 2020, 05:24:25 pm ---
Both/either are probably pretty easy to make/grow for an enterprising person...

--- End quote ---
If I were to grow an illegal drug, it would be opium. Poppies are less fussy, than cannabis. The seed can be sown in the Autumn and the poppies will flower the following year. After they've flowered, cut grooves in the seed heads, the sap will flow out and dry forming opium.

I don't drink alcohol, nor do drugs, except for coffee and energy drinks nowadays, so there's no point in me doing either and it's not worth the risk doing it to sell.
DrG:
Regeneron starts Phase 3 trial of Covid antibody drug that might treat and prevent infection, company says

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/health/regeneron-coronavirus-antibody-drug-bn/index.html

Headline is a bit ambitious as they are about to start both Phase 2 and Phase 3. Still, it is very encouraging as they made it past Phase 1 (safety).

Background:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/06/15/science.abd0827
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/06/15/science.abd0831
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...

Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod