MaddTime
Bluelighter
What is the future of drugs? Basically I made the year far off enough to allow for some really out there (yet still plausible) ideas. Mine are:
Direct Neural Stimulation. If/When humans are finally able to place chips in our brains and develop a method for accessing that system externally (think the nape-plug from Ghost in the Shell) then maybe it'll be possible to make your brain produce signals that mimic the effects of certain drugs with a simple program. Think of how awesome it would be to be able to press a button or insert a disk or something and be able to feel the full effects of MDMA or heroin (or both) without the withdrawal or comedown, and make it stop when you want to.
You could create new drug programs which cherry-pick the very best effects of all of them. The empathy, and pleasure of E, the rush and relaxation of opiates, the confidence of alcohol, the visuals of LSD, the possibilities are limitless.
As for traditional drugs, I think there will always be a place for them, especially in the less-technologically evolved places, but I think with the increasing power of technology (specifically surveillance technology), the government will more or less turn into a police state, capable of tracking and monitoring everyone/anyone on the globe making traditional illicit drugs harder to manufacture, traffic, and consume.
What are your thoughts?
Direct Neural Stimulation. If/When humans are finally able to place chips in our brains and develop a method for accessing that system externally (think the nape-plug from Ghost in the Shell) then maybe it'll be possible to make your brain produce signals that mimic the effects of certain drugs with a simple program. Think of how awesome it would be to be able to press a button or insert a disk or something and be able to feel the full effects of MDMA or heroin (or both) without the withdrawal or comedown, and make it stop when you want to.
You could create new drug programs which cherry-pick the very best effects of all of them. The empathy, and pleasure of E, the rush and relaxation of opiates, the confidence of alcohol, the visuals of LSD, the possibilities are limitless.
As for traditional drugs, I think there will always be a place for them, especially in the less-technologically evolved places, but I think with the increasing power of technology (specifically surveillance technology), the government will more or less turn into a police state, capable of tracking and monitoring everyone/anyone on the globe making traditional illicit drugs harder to manufacture, traffic, and consume.
What are your thoughts?