SOP regarding "space drugs" may be too ambiguous for new players

This is pretty much a port of my old thread from the Discord about this change. The main changes are the addition of feedback others provided in that thread, and proper capitalization.

Basically, the problem is that I’ve seen a good few people think that “space drugs” being listed as a controlled substance in SOP means that all drugs are controlled substances, despite some (i.e. cannabis) being entirely legal. I think the best way to solve this is to rename the reagent “space drugs” to prevent this ambiguity, as while re-wording SOP may help with this specific issue, it won’t change the fact that it can get a bit tricky to distinguish between space drugs, and drugs that’re in space.
Here are a few of my favourite suggested names from the thread:

  • Space Dust
  • Tider Powder
  • Bluespice
  • Greyspice

Added wizden and removed space-station-14

While I think changing the name of Space Drugs is a good idea, I think the SOP should remain ambiguous for RP reasons. Like, Sec busting down botany because they are growing cannibis is funny. Nanotrasen is a corporation, you’d think they wouldn’t want employees doing drugs on shift.

Alternatively there could be classification schedules. Some drugs would only be okay for passengers, some would be too dangerous for anyone.

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