> Potency only means that you need a smaller quantity of a substance to attain the same effect. Semantics, misused a term there. > The major drugs like heroin

> Potency only means that you need a smaller quantity of a substance to attain the same effect. Semantics, misused a term there. > The major drugs like heroin and methamphetamine are already pretty optimal in this regard. In a world where this was true, cutting drugs with fentanyl wouldn’t be a thing. It’s not just a cost optimization, it’s also because it gets you the best high on the block. > The only people who care about RCs are people trying to skirt the law, and drug nerds. “Spice”, as one example, has destroyed many communities. Legal highs and designer drugs are everywhere as of the past decade. “Bath salts” (cathinones), synthetic cannabinoids, etc. Not exactly designer, but the isomerization process to extract delta-8 from hemp is a novel technique that’s being done underground by labs everywhere and distributed widely across America. We have no idea what’s in this stuff, even testing labs usually report XX% of unknown substances, reaction residues and cannabinoids in samples. Research chemicals are everywhere. This arms race has touched millions. These are real problems that affect real people.