> I wonder how long it will be before we can knock up a batch of morphine producing bacteria?

(2016 Total biosynthesis of opiates by stepwise fermentation using engineered Escherichia coli)

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10390

(2020 High-Efficiency Biocatalytic Conversion of Thebaine to Codeine )

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7191831/

(2021 review)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8288269/