Scientists have modified a tobacco plant so that it can now produce cocaine

Cocaine is naturally produced from the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant. A relative of the tobacco plant called Nicotiana benthamiana has also been genetically modified to form cocaine in its leaves, according to the DailyMail. A team from the Kunming Institute of Botany in China modified N. benthamiana to…

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