• some_kind_of_guy
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    9 hours ago

    Hey, idk, maybe the “bushes” are Psychotria viridis, and there just so happen to be some Banisteriopsis caapi vines nearby…

    • gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 hours ago

      collecting pharmaceuticals from bushes is all fun and fine until you need insulin. turns out that a large part of today’s medicine actually comes from genetically modified organisms that grow in petri dishes and require complex set-ups to grow and be harvested successfully. good luck doing all of that in your garden.