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Maybe a few drugs not based off of mindbreaker?

I can understand why, but the implication that all of the drugs are basically LSD is bad. I like having them, but...

How about using other drugs as a base, and each base has a specific effect? The one that lowers brain function could act as a calming/sleep medication, Space Drugs could have minor, varied effects... Like this:
Space Drugs (1) + Inaprovaline (1)= Amazol = Mixed painkiller and weak stimulant, it causes short bursts of feeling good physically. While the effects are minimal on the body, the boost in confidence can be helpful.
Space Drugs (2) + Leroxin (1) =Betrol = Mixed painkiller and weak muscle relaxer, it causes a short burst of physical "fear" reactions, such as goosebumps and shortness of breath. Used to unlock "repressed memories", had debated effectiveness.
Space Drugs (1) + Sugar (1) + Lipozine (1) =Elixidol = A panacea of sorts, has little real effect other than a long-lasting release of dopamines into the system. Has a low chance of causing schizophrenia.
Impedrezene (2) + Oxygen (1) + Space Drugs (1) =Thetamine = Causes tiredness, an inability to use "harm" intention for a short time. In theory, used to make suggestibility go up during hypnosis.
Impedrezene (1) + Sleep Toxin (1) =Subluxine = Causes outright sleep, user will fade in and out of sleep/ clouded vision repeatedly. User can move while clouded, but very slowly.
Impedrezene (1) + Chloral Hydrate (1)= Remizine = Small chance to cause permanent sleep (coma), puts user in a deep, dream-rich sleep.
Impedrezene (1) + Ethylredoxrazine (1)=Zylaphine = Causes body relaxation, user is not asleep but cannot move and falls limp (rest state). Very temporary.
Impedrezene (1) + Imidazoline (1)=Truvisine = Schizophrenia treatment.

A lot of those are redundant:

Amazol is basically Hyperzine except it doesn't seem to actually do anything.

Betrol is pure Mindbreaker is small quantities.

Elixidol - that's just plain Space Drugs. Also that's not how you into neurotransmitters.

Thetamine - I dig the anti-Harm effect, though I wonder if it's even doable. It would be pretty neat.

Subluxine - it's just Sleep Toxin. There is no point to making Sleep Toxin from different Sleep Toxin if the effect is the exact same.

Remizine is way too damn dangerous, falling into a coma knocks you out of the round permanently, without the possibility to even observe unless you want to be unclonable.

Zylaphine has an interesting effect.

Truvisine needs to be merged with Thetamine - if we're going Hollywood Psych, spessmen would have to use totally-not-Spess Thorazine, and the effects of the two would mesh nicely.

I'm wondering if Remizine should instead cause narcolepsy.

I'd love a way to induce comas, such as Chloral overdose, where the player can be brought back with some other drug.

So, Thetamine (play on Ketamine) and Truvisine (true-vision-ine) together...

Take Thetamine, drop Oxygen in favor of Imidazoline (1), schizo treatement that reduces unarmed damage to null or something and causes occasional slowness/cloudyvision. Rename it, erm... Thetasine.

Drop Amazol and Betrol, add "Space Drugs (1) + Alkysine (1) + Inidazoline (1) as a general-purpose pill. good for what ails you, and is supposed to have mild healing effects on mental problems (not complete counteraction) but work for most anything. Given for headaches, brain damage, PTSD, and mild cases of other things.

Elixidol dosen't cause rainbow sight, just the occasional message about feeling optimistic or happy about your surroundings. Maybe. Could be redundant, or merged with the above unnamed panacea pill.

Add pills to counteract diseases, that stop a certain thing (decongesine = no more stuffy nose?) if possible, give to virologists?