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From: eric@aplvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Free Drugs - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 26-Sep-83 14:36:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 26 14:36:12 1983
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	One obvious problem is the different metabolisms of different
people. It would be fairly easy to come up with an always lethal dose,
but walking that fine line of dropping a person quickly without
permanent damage would be difficult. The dosage for a 260 pound 
full-back would be different then that for the proverbial 90 pound
weakling. Also allergies, heart conditions, diabetes, and a thousand
other things would probably have some effect.

	From a ballistics point, it could be difficult designing a
delivery mechanism that would work both at point blank range and a
reasonable distance without causing a problem. This is probably easier
than the biological problem, however.

	One final note, the Taser(*) was an attempt in this direction.
The problem was that the effect varied depending on the individual.

* Taser may be a trademark of some one, some where.
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					eric
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