My interpretation of synthehol is that you get the pleasant buzz but don't get the loss of balance or after effects.
Synthacoke? Synthaweed?
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Maybe chemicals like adrenaline break synthehol down in the body. So, if something important comes up in the real world, not only can the synthehol buzz be easily dismissed, but also the drug is broken down very quickly and you are literally completely sobered up.
What about real alcohol?
If someone in the world of Trek were to get some real good old brewery material from our day and get hammered is there a way to sober up in few minutes with some hypospray?
My interpretation of synthehol is it was meant to be something that was more futuristic and "better" but is obviously a terrible idea and why all actual discriminating alcohol drinkers (Scotty, Picard to an extent) find it ludicrous.
I think of drinking synthehol as the Bud Light of the future.
I think of drinking synthehol as the Bud Light of the future.
What synthahol people don't understand is that getting smashed off your face is literally why we drink.
I'd drink prune juice if the plan was NOT to end up drunk.
I'd drink prune juice if the plan was NOT to end up drunk.
For dramatic as well as preachy reasons, it'd be like,
CRUSHER: "Well, Captain, Scotty got pretty smashed on the holodeck. I can give him a shot of <treknobabble> that'll get him back on his feet, but it's going to take a quarter of an hour at least until all of the toxins are out of his system. I predict he'll still have one helluva headache. We started drinking synthehol for a reason!"
PICARD: "Time is of the essence, Doctor. Do what you can. I'll be on the bridge."
Synthehol is a Vulcan creation. Like Tofu is by vegetarians.
There is a right to self medicate. I believe there should be no subscriptions. Sadly, with the late unpleasantness—the cause of patients rights has been set back 50 years and doctors are gods again…even though 1 out of 3 deaths in hospitals are due to medical mistakes if I remember the Journal of Patient Safety article properly. That was the Condit-Levy story Covid’s 9/11 made us forget all about.well…I still remember.
The most frightening thing in The Exorcist wasn’t pea soup or heads turning around…it was 1970’s medicine. Even doctors smoked then. At least they were a bit more laid back…even as they nuked my mom with 5,000 rads worth of Cobalt over a few sessions.
We still need to get over Prohibition and reefer madness fools like Dr. Phil.
Ferengi
Isn't there also a drink called Synthale that is actually alcoholic that Quark serves?
Ferengi
Discovered as a substitute for watering down drinks undoubtedly.
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