Who Needs a Pharmacy When You Can Just Print-Out Your Own Drugs at Home?

[PoliticAverse]

Imagine a future where you can just download a drug off the internet and print it out when you need a quick pick-me-up – it’s just become a reality thanks to the marvels of 3D printers. Researchers from Scotland have made their own DIY 3D-printing drugstore and they reckon you’ll be able to use them to print your own drugs right from the comfort of your own home.

From cases for your Raspberry Pi to printing up mini-F1 cars, the possibilities are endless for 3D printers, and they’re not even that expensive any more either. Boffins from the University of Glasgow used a system that cost just £1,250 range to create both organic and inorganic chemicals, which can be combined to form things like cancer drugs.

Read the rest at: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/who-needs-a-pharmacy-when-you-can-just-print-out-your-own-drugs-at-home/

Also:
BBC story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17760085
Original paper: http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nchem.1313.html

[LaurenG]

1. This fascinates me.

I stand in awe even though I see the science behind it and it takes the mystery out of it.

[WingDinger]

2. Dont let it. A lady just went to prison, for getting sudafed.

They will certainly not allow you to load in cartridges of smack, for oxycontin etc.

[LaurenG]

3. Well I didn't mean making the drugs fascinate me particularly

the process is really just fascinating. Don't worry I'm not in to pharmaceuticals, the only thing I take is ibuprofen over the counter.

[tridim]

4. This isn't about printing molecules and atoms, it's about chemistry.

You still need precursors to print with.

I'll get excited when we can print at the atomic or molecular level.

[n2doc]

6. Meth Lab!

Because that's what people will really use it for. Just put some sudafed in one hopper , bleach and acid in others, and awwwwaaay we go!