Four Thieves Vinegar Collective – Harm Reduction for the Living
Right to Repair–for Your Body.
The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is an anarchist collective dedicated to enabling access to medicines and medical technologies to those who need them but don’t have them.
DIY Pharmaceuticals
DIY Dental Care
Abortion Defense
So long and thanks for all the meds!
Ten years is a long time, and we’re finishing this chapter. There is still much to do, but we are passing the torch. We will continue to post materials to help y’all pick up where we left off.
A link to our final talk is here.
A link to the slides is here.
A link to our archive of medical articles and papers with DIY potential is here.
A link to our design drop is here for all your project branding needs.
Projects
The Anarchist Medical Book
Born from the collective wisdom of hackers, scientists, and healers who believe that healthcare knowledge belongs to everyone—and that direct action gets the bread .
This is our humble contribution to the DIY medicine movement. Take it so that we all might keep each other healthy and keep each other safe.
Check out the preview and sign up for updates.
Microlab Suite
The v1.0 Microlab in fall 2025
The MicroLab is a DIY automated chemical reactor that you can assemble with commonly available hardware. The MicroLab works together with a suite of apps to guide the discovery and production of lifesaving drugs.
Microlab
A DIY Controlled Lab Reactor for small molecule organic chemistry
Chemhacktica
A reverse synthesis tool to discover novel reaction pathways
Apothecarium
A drag-and-drop tool for writing Microlab "recipes" – accessed through Vinni
Vinni
A virtual research assistant that ties the software suite together (early alpha)
…check it out
Abortion Care
Miso Cards
…check it out
Tooth Seal
Make a cavity-repairing solution of Nanoparticle Silver Fluoride at home. Use it to stop a cavity in progress or apply it ahead of time and bolster your enamel with anti-microbial silver particles. The treatment is simple, cheap, and effective.
…check it out
Emergency Suite
In an emergency where every second counts, there are a few things to have on hand. These include medicines like epinephrine, devices like defibrillators, and off-the-shelf products like sports oxygen.
The Emergency Room Suite is a collection of lifesaving technologies that can save your life or buy time for an ambulance to arrive.
Make your own Emergency Room.
Epipencil Autoinjector
AED<br>(In Development)
Sports O2
…check it out
Posts
The Care and Feeding of the Human Gut Microbiome
June 28, 2026
DIY Medicine World Tour and the Library of the Unfinished
February 21, 2026
HRT Reagent Testing with DanceSafe Kits
October 24, 2025
It’s finally here. The MicroLab 1.0
October 19, 2025
"BioTerrorism Will Save Your Life" at CCC 2024
February 19, 2025
Announcing the AnaLickTickle Suite
January 2, 2025
What’s Next for the MicroLab?
November 18, 2024
"Eradicating Hepatitis C with Bio-Terrorism" at DEFCON 32
September 4, 2024
Vyvanse Synthesis with ChemHacktica
August 11, 2024
New Microlab, Who Dis?
August 9, 2024
The Philosophy of Torrenting Pharmaceuticals
May 18, 2024
Four Thieves on TAUVOD
January 28, 2024
In the Media
The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has been featured in a variety of media outlets for our work. This has included coverage for our DIY EpiPen, our MicroLab chemical reactor, and our abortion cards, among other topics. We’ve graced the pages of Newsweak, IEEE Spectrum, Vice, Slashdot, WIRED, NPR affiliate KQED, and a handful of others.
You can see stories and interviews on our media page. If you’d like to set up an interview or get involved, check out our contact page. And if you’d like to find ways to get involved, read more about what we do and how you can do it too!
And as always: keep each other healthy, keep each other safe. ❤️