> And submarines and cell phone networks are pretty standard technologies, well understood,...
But what about, well, drugs? Don't drug cartels employ chemists to refine old drugs and develop "better" ones?
But what about, well, drugs? Don't drug cartels employ chemists to refine old drugs and develop "better" ones?
No, of course not :). The point was about crime organizations hiring elite specialists to do high-tech research for them.
They mostly iterate on known drugs to make their making cheaper / more addictive. And they can easily test on junkies (I presume).
Of course, sometimes they get it wrong, and you end up with face flesh eating humans in Florida.
Citation?
Also, I don't own a TV, don't watch TV, and get my news from friends and NPR. So I don't generally see much of this news-of-the-wierd. Thankfully, it appears.
During years EPO wasn't detectable by anti-doping testing. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it requires cutting edge pharmaceutical drug research to avoid detection.