Scientists Have Figured Out How To Make Cocaine From A Tobacco Plant
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Understanding how plants produce cocaine
Thermal Decomposition of Cocaine and Methamphetamine Investigated by Infrared Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Simulations
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Coca (Cocaine) History, Domestication, and Use
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Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves
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What You Need to Know (And What We're Working to Find Out) About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Compounds, Including CBD
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Scientists turn yeast cells into drug factories
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Researchers identify last remaining steps in the biosynthesis of tropane alkaloids from coca
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Study Contests Use of Smoked Cannabis in Treatment of Cocaine Addiction
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Sherlock Holmes and Cocaine: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
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Scientists genetically modify tobacco plant that makes cocaine