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Does ricin count as natural?


Note I didn't say "should be completely unscheduled". Schedule 1 is extremely strict to the point of making medical research virtually impossible. We've known there are major medical benefits to many substances on schedule 1 for decades now, yet the government definition still declares them the opposite, which at the very least is a lie.


Ricin is not a plant. It is a chemical produced by the Castor Bean plant which is widely grown in gardens.




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