Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-33937557-20180603171940/@comment-35711173-20180607195524

BloodySpghetti wrote:

Well, the whole point of mentioning this drug, is because of the reputation it had gotten, even if not intentionally, it's this idea of a terrible, crippling narcotic that must've gotten to the writer's head. Which is kind of silly, considering how he hasn't used the reputation at all in his story.

Might as well give the kid a caffeine overdose which will, given the right amount of caffeine in his system - cause the same result.

Also, there's a quote button in this chatting system.

BloodySpghetti,

While desomorphine wouldn't be my first choice for murder it would work a lot better than caffeine. The LD50 of caffeine administered orally in rats is about 367 mg/kg. We hypothetically put Jimmy in the 20-25 kilo range so that would mean we would need around 8 grams of caffeine. Can you imagine how bitter eight grams of caffeine would be? I don't think you would have suspension of disbelief.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230016301945

I would use carfentanil for murder. It has a LD50 of 0.05mg/kg. For our 20-25 kg kid, that's one around microgram. That's like five or six individual sugar grains. However, the name carfentanil is boring. The street names have some potential for use as story titles. Grey death, drop dead and serial killer. Unfortunately, names like "drop dead" and "serial killer" just don't fit with a candy name themed story.