First Space Product ???

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Thread: First Space Product ???

# 11346 bysailorbarsoom@... on May 23, 2010, 3:16 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

There has been a lot of talk of making drugs in Space.
What if it turned out that you could make drugs in Space?
In this case, though, I'm talking about the kind of drugs
that some people take for spiritual reasons, and others
take for fun. We'll call the first kind (drugs to treat
or cure disease) "drugs(1)" and the other kind (drugs for
spiritual and/or recreational use) we will call "drugs(2)"
(recognizing of course that there could be considerable
overlap).

I'm not chemist enough to make any solid predictions, but
it seems to me that if there are new drugs(1) which would
benefit from zero-G manufacture, there are probably new
drugs(2) which could as well.

Again, I can't predict exactly what new drugs(2) might be
invented, but for the sake of speculation, consider:

something like MDMA (ecstasy), only without the jaw
clenching and it doesn't matter how frequently you use
it, it always has the same effect;

a series of LSD-like entheogens, but each produces a
specific type of synesthesia (one causes you to smell
sounds, another to hear colors, another to see different
letters in different colors, etc.);

a substance which, for a few hours, makes you into an
autistic savant, with all the abilities (but also
disabilities) of a real-life Rain Man.

The social and economic impact could be huge. Also,
consider if a drug(2) was also a drug(1). Suppose it were
a cure for panic disorder or post traumatic stress
disorder, or a powerful treatment for autism or
schizophrenia, but in slightly larger doses was like the
"space acid" or "space ecstasy" described above. Now what?