RE: [DIYbio] Re: civil disobedience and diybio

The argument that you are not allowed to perform a synthesis without a license because you cannot sell what you synthesize is a straw man.

For example, in Texas, you cannot sell or manufacture for sale drugs without a license, just like you cannot sell food without a license. http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/fdlicense/links.shtm But you don't need a license to cook food for yourself and anyone else in your home, you just can't open a business and sell it. Likewise, you don't need a permit to buy most chemicals. It is not illegal to buy either bleach or ammonia, for example- you can do so at any corner store. It's not even illegal for you to mix them without a permit. It is however illegal to mix them in significant quantities and spew the fumes out into the air- it's called attempted murder and pollution of the environment with a deadly poison.

Matt

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