alt.hn

5/22/2026 at 11:41:25 PM

Tobacco plant can produce five psychedelics, including psilocybin and DMT

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-tobacco-psychedelics-psilocybin-dmt.html

by hyrix

5/23/2026 at 3:49:12 AM

Big Tobacco: yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

by sonorous_sub

5/23/2026 at 4:11:01 AM

big tobacco playing the long game and pivoting to psychedelics is not something i saw coming

by cybercatgurrl

5/23/2026 at 9:32:38 AM

they already pivoted to legal weed

by chadgpt3

5/23/2026 at 12:51:53 AM

In their new study, published in Science Advances, they describe how they mapped the DMT biosynthetic pathway and engineered a type of tobacco plant to produce five different natural psychedelics.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb3034

by ElijahLynn

5/23/2026 at 12:43:09 AM

One rare happy surprise coming from the Feds is accelerating research into psychedelics research for mental health. That said, it remains egregious that psychedelics are still scheduled as being highly illegal for personal use.

They undeniably are not without risks but they also can have huge rewards, and those who champion bodily autonomy in other contexts should be consistent across the board.

by pstuart

5/23/2026 at 4:13:09 AM

the contradiction of championing bodily autonomy in only one area but not all has always bothered me. you either support it or you don’t. we still have work to do on shifting the overton window

by cybercatgurrl

5/23/2026 at 9:40:03 AM

Other than for women, that is.

by fragmede

5/23/2026 at 2:59:15 PM

That facet was built into my ask, yes.

by pstuart

5/23/2026 at 3:50:47 AM

If true, I can think of at least 6 people in biotech who would try to GM psychedelic tomacco.

by burnt-resistor

5/23/2026 at 5:57:12 AM

flavor country was actually the tamest of the countries

by backtoyoujim

5/23/2026 at 1:46:25 AM

Here, take my money! Mail the seeds to:

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by coder4life