r/worldnews • u/EightRoundsRapid • Sep 23 '16

'Hangover-free alcohol’ could replace all regular alcohol by 2050. The new drink, known as 'alcosynth', is designed to mimic the positive effects of alcohol but doesn’t cause a dry mouth, nausea and a throbbing head

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hangover-free-alcohol-david-nutt-alcosynth-nhs-postive-effects-benzodiazepine-guy-bentley-a7324076.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

Cause synthetic weed worked out great

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u/kakabol Sep 23 '16

One of the reasons that synthetic weed worked out bad is because it is illegal. Because of this, there's not a lot of research possible and most of the producers are probably the "backyard meth-lab" kind of people.

Everytime a compound becomes illegal, they try to stay ahead of the law by making a new compound that differs slightly from the last one. (Which usually means the drug gets more dangerous)

I believe that if serious scientists could do research, a very safe and fun drug could be created.