The thread containing the post
Post 295864
(Organikum: "Biosomething", Novel Discourse) talks about possibily adapting this method for producing ephedra to produce cocaine. Has anyone made any progress researching this option?
I'm afraid I don't know too much about microbiology (but can certainly learn), but I will likely soon have access to a quantity of erythroxylum coca plants, and would be happy to give culturing cocaine in a tub a shot if I had some pointers on what the procedure would look like.
So, questions:
* Is everyone agreed that this is at least a reasonable possibility, biologically speaking?
* Would it be completely impossible to do without industrial facilities?
* Has anyone found a translation of the patent discussed
Post 295864
(Organikum: "Biosomething", Novel Discourse) here?
* Is there a particular area of biology that would focus on this topic?
I'm certainly not opposed to putting a fair bit of effort into this, as long as there's a reasonable chance of success.