• TragicNotCute@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This was a very interesting article, thanks for sharing. Also, interesting visual story telling from Reuters who I feel generally lags in visual storytelling compared to NYT.

    I had no idea so many different precursors could make fentanyl, that’s pretty wild.

    • Transporter Room 3@startrek.website
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      4 months ago

      Chemistry is fascinating, and if you look at molecular structures of things, you can make SO many things out of other things with the right reactions and filters.

      The trick is making the reactions work without binding toxic chemicals to the end product.

      So that limits what you can use, but there are still so many options for things.

      You’d be surprised what you can use to make aspirin.