Comment by xkcd-sucks
4 years ago
Was thinking of halogenated NBOMe series - observed in humans to have a pretty narrow therapeutic index re: death, cheapish synth, can be vaporized
But yeah 2b could be worse. Or many other targets as well
Funny thing, optimizing "research chemicals" for (1) uncontrolled synthetic pathway and (2) potency is common to Institutional, Druggie, and Terrorist researchers. None of them want to go through the bureaucracy for controlled substances and potency is good for [better controlled experiments / smaller quantities to transport / more killing power]
researchers will really care about selectivity, but potency can help with the amount of paperwork for sure (and cut synth costs!)