DIY pharmaceuticals sounds dangerous. Sure! So is eating 47 teaspoon of salt, 480 bananas, or drinking 179 expressos [1].
If you happen to be unable to afford so much coffee, just rent a car and smash into a tree at 100 miles per hour. So driving cars is also immensely dangerous!
I really hate that nany state we are living in where an average 16 year old is lawfully allowed to drive 5,000 pounds metal machine and kill people at even limited speeds of 50 mph, but yet when it comes to DIY pharmaceuticals we immediately see a vision of most population dying at home because they mixed something wrong.
Pressure on all sides to maintain HN norms here. "You don't insinuate someone didn't read the article on HN", it's in the guidelines in fact, take a look when you have some free time: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Otherwise, I think you'll agree that the threat of PhD level chemists making and giving these drugs out isn't exactly critical.
If you happen to be unable to afford so much coffee, just rent a car and smash into a tree at 100 miles per hour. So driving cars is also immensely dangerous!
I really hate that nany state we are living in where an average 16 year old is lawfully allowed to drive 5,000 pounds metal machine and kill people at even limited speeds of 50 mph, but yet when it comes to DIY pharmaceuticals we immediately see a vision of most population dying at home because they mixed something wrong.
https://gizmodo.com/how-many-x-would-you-need-to-eat-to-die-...