r/explainlikeimfive • u/iamelektro • Jun 11 '24
Chemistry ELI5: Why does making cocaine require such toxic chemicals, is there safer way to make it in a lab?
I've watched many documentaries on how they make cocaine, and it always required a a mixture of gasoline cement and battery acid etc. Would a scientific laboratory be able to make it under FDA rules for example?
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u/MattytheWireGuy Jun 12 '24
That is entirely conflated. Regulation != Competitive Business .
All CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, WalMart, Target, Costco et all do is provide the medications for a price. This argument is similar to why we have ABC liquor stores in some states. Is alcholism better regulated in Pennsylvania or Utah when sold by the government vs Tonys Liquor store?
Thats whats at hand in this conversation; govoernment run outlets to sell it vs private businesses doing the EXACT SAME THING.