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by amy-petrik-214 645 days ago
>. This should always be done by experienced individuals with quality reagents and the proper lab equipment.

Naaa. Same with prescription meds, open it up! Isn't that how we found a drug for a Parkinson's mouse model? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPTP]

Big brother's job is not to control and ban certain behavior. California thinks this way and aggressively enumerates every possible bad thing they can conceive of and making it illegal. As if slipping on a banana peel were illegal. It's borderline insane, like why not make getting sick illegal or being poor illegal, why not make changing lanes without a turn signal illegal. Ethically as long as the instructions say, "do this wrong and you'll die, it's a garage door spring" people will know. Or "take this medicine, but if you don't check your liver/kidney/clotting you may well die". In big bright red letters.

Don't make it impossible to do freely. Just make it impossible to do without reading and agreeing to the fact that you understand the big red letters. Understand the risks. Medicine is all about patient autonomy and this is the opposite.

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> why not make changing lanes without a turn signal illegal.

Funny you should say that, the California Vehicle Code (CVC) Section 22108 requires drivers to signal for at least 100 feet before making a lane change or turn. The fine is $240.

https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/vehicle-code/22108/