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by peteretep 2882 days ago
> These precursors are controlled by the federal government ... they’d make medicine from poison [by using the street drugs to get back to the precursors]

cf: “A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudophedrine from N-Methylamphetamine”

https://heterodoxy.cc/meowdocs/pseudo/pseudosynth.pdf

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is this actually a legit synthesis? as a non-chemist it has the air of plausibility, author names and quips aside.