Star Trek's Synthehol Now Possible?

[TheBORG] writes "Professor David Nutt, a psychopharmacologist at the University of Bristol in the UK, believes that there is no scientific reason why 'synthehol' (a science-fictional substitute for alcohol that appears in Star Trek:The Next Generation television series) cannot be created now. It will allow drinkers to experience all of the enjoyable, intoxicating effects of alcohol without unpleasant side-effects like hangovers." Of course, there's still the real deal, Romulan Ale, for when you want a splitting headache in the morning.

Comments

What about...?

[nuclearwessels]

When are they going to make synthawhocares?

Re:It'll never happen...

[maggard]

Do you honestly think that pot you buy today is directly comparable to "Marijuana that people have used for thousands of years"?

No darling, it's an order of magnitude 'stronger' (higher THC) then a generation ago. That would be mid-1980s. That pot was itself an order of magnitude 'stronger' then a generation before.

With that in mind do you think comparing what is on the market today with that of 40 years ago is particularly accurate? Wouldn't you be just a bit concerned about any neuropharmacological agent that was delivered in a random dose, from implicitly suspect sources, that had been bred up so quickly with such little good research?

What you put into your body is your concern, but keep in mind what you're playing with is not your grandparent's, or even your parent's, pot.