i personally will never ever ever own a venomoid, the venom is one of the reasons i would buy a venomous snake in the first place. and like stated, they can still grow their venom glands back, so its never 100% safe. and starting off with a monocle is not the best idea. if i were trying to get into hots right now, i would get a snake that we have locally, in my case, it would be the western rattlesnake. the main reason i would go with a local species is because antivenin will be close by in the event of a bite. this isnt likely to be the case with a monocle cobra. but whatever you choose, there is a way to make sure your snake isnt venomous (and note that even this method should never be considered 100% proof), you do a live mouse test, basically you have the snake bite a mouse, and if it lives, its either a dry bite (no venom injected), or the snake has no venom. even this you would want to do numerous times to be sure, and do it often. for example, just because these 5 mice lived, doesnt mean the next five two weeks later will. its up to you, but if you ever buy a venomoid, you have to be willing to own a fully venomous version of that snake, since there is a chance the snake can end up that way. just look into it, and do as much research as possible, and maybe even find some super aggressive snakes to handle with tongs/hooks to get a feel of how to do that.

and dont take any of this as coming from someone with any experience, as i have 0, this is all just from what ive read