# Favorite fictional ILLICIT drug?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 11, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740 "2004-02-11T23:19:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740/61 "2004-02-16T05:39:34Z")

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I third Romulan Ale.

It’s blue and Romulan… two of my favorite things. What more do you need?

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**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740/62 "2004-02-16T05:49:00Z")

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Melange. It increases your awareness, quickens your reflexes, turns your eyes blue and gives you a lifespan of 300+ years. Makes it worth the complete dependance and deadly withdrawl symptoms.  
And there’s a slight chance it can turn you into a demi god.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740/63 "2004-02-16T08:01:32Z")

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Pssst. **Adhemar** …

[Read this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=187235) Please.

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740/64 "2004-02-16T11:36:49Z")

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Hmmmm, does Suck Salt from Trek count? If Romulan Ale does I guess this does too 🙂 They are a “nasty habit”

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**Author:** ![Gcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gcat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740/65 "2004-02-17T04:56:50Z")

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Cowboy Bebop: RED-EYE - Spray this stuff in your eyes, they turn red and the world seems to move slow, making it easy to dodge bullets and kick butt.

Serial Experiment Lain: Accela - Not a drug, but a pill (A SCARY looking pill, it spiky and you swallow it! I still wonder why you need to take it out of the gel cap before swallowing.) that acts like a drug. It causes the brain to create a hormone that speeds up one’s perceptions, making the world around seem to slow down.

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**Author:** ![KismetRose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KismetRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KismetRose)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-illicit-drug/228740/66 "2004-02-17T07:55:14Z")

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The video experiences in the movie **Strange Days** weren’t legal, I think, and they could be really neat. And really bad. I always found the idea intriguing.

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