Umm so now.I heard some years ago in the Fallout 3 age something about Med-X,Stimpack,Psyho etc...that they actually are censored drugs or something.Like morphine,heroine (just guess not sure).I really want to know which is which.I also see some new stuff in NV like turbo.And other question.Where can i buy lots of chems...not for me honestly.For friend in the Mormon Fort.I have some caps to spare for the poor bastards.

you could just make your own drugs.

Stimpaks, Psycho, Jet, Buffout, Mentats are all from the Fallout and Fallout 2 days. Med-X was added in Fallout 3 on. Med-X, if memory serves, is for all intents and purposes, Morphine renamed for legal and rating reasons.

Jet is its own unique drug, but seems to be used like crack. It is very addictive, and kills frequently. Since it boosts AP, it is kind of a parallel to gaining energy as cocaine is supposed to do. And ultrajet is super-crack.

I find it odd that there is no parallel or replacement for marijuana; maybe its because most post-war societies have trouble growing crops, and save farmable land for food crops.

Chems are a fiends best friend.

Buffout could be steroids. Steroids make you buff, and its called BUFFout. It makes you stronger and more durable, and is among the most addictive. It is useful to melee and unarmed characters the most (the most physical of characters) and steroids are taken by very physical people such as pro. atheletes.

Psycho could be PCP. Because PCP makes you psychotic, and violent.

Mentats to me, seem like gum or mints that you eat. But they are addictive, so I think they are caffeinated. They probably aren't serious drugs, no one refers to them that way. There are no Mentat junkies in any Fallout games I've seen. They make you more Perceptive (being awake from caffeine could do this) and more Intelligent (maybe a result of Perception boost?).
Party Time Mentats are probably dosed with something like Ecstasy, so you can party hard.

Stimpaks are some type of new miracle medicine (like Mass Effect bio-gel).

I think many of the drugs aren't just renamed drugs, but new drugs that work in similar ways to real drugs. The reason I believe they are entirely new drugs is because they are created in recipes different from real life, and have a different visual look to the physical drug.

But the other guy was right about Med-X. It is morphine, renamed.

Mex-X was originally "morphine" but using real drug names was banned in a number of states where the game was to be marketed. (Also, Fat Man was renamed in the game's Japanese version, for obvious reasons).

Where to buy lots of chems... Doctors, caravan merchants and vendors usually sell them in small quantities. Jake in the Red Rock Drug Lab sells drugs. You can usually collect enough Med-X to donate to the Followers, make plenty of Slasher and still have some to spare.

Makes me wonder why weed was never added. Could call it "Wacky Tabaccy" or some [censored]. Certainly more sensible then adding morphine/roid/pcp clones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouYsDgA8vKo

Why, what does marijuana even do and why would it be helpful? Morphine lessens pain, Buffout makes you stronger, jet pupms you with adrenaline, turbo makes you do stuff quicker, and what would weed do? Increase your FOD, lower your PER,STR and CHA?

I find really nice the censorship and the new names (drugs).I had seen a lot things in my life so far but certainly won't play game with real narcotics in it.Of course if it's not Fallout game because am way too addicted to them lol.Medi-gel between not Bio is for pussies real men use stimpack

That made me laugh.

I always thought Mentats could be some kind of pill, like Vicodin or something.

Weed doesn't need to be useful to you. It could be sold. Stuff can exist just to be sold, like cameras, toy cars, teddy bears, and so on. Plus weed would be more profitable. Maybe you could give it to companions, so they would agree to kamikaze Quarry Junction and Deathwind Cavern.

I'd say it's along the lines of Ritalin (sp?) as it seems to make you more focused, likely, I assume, to allow you to access your brain where you'd normally need SEVERE concentration to remember key things.

Weed could be used to help Caravan runners feel less stressed about Raiders.

Honestly, I couldn't see marijuana do much more then for those long Caravan runs, or used when making "peace agreements".

I think they meant the gameplay, and I don't think it would do much for you in game. But yeah, logically, Marijuana would be desirable in the wasteland to relieve stress without taking something horribly addictive and bad for you.

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It would also reduce your action points, and possibly open up new dialogue options like "I don't know man, that seems really involved."

I just wish the drugs in the new Fallouts had a downside again outside of a hardcoe mode. In the originals drugs like Jet from Fallout 2 had an upside followed by a pretty bad downside. You would take a hit in your SPECIALs and be addicted. Now the drugs have way more positive effects then bad and it bugs me.

Also keep in mind we can't talk about real world drugs on these forums.

Styles:I'm sure people have replicated Jet, Mentats and the like, so then would we be forbidden from discussing them? Not arguing with forum rules, but just a random thought.

Increasing your FOD would be freaking brilliant, it should also lower your action points to simulate laziness.

Psycho could be this, since you don't get fatigued. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-IX

Edit: Or I guess it could be like Buffout, since you can endure more. I'll leave it up to you.

Morphine = Med-X

All of the others are strictly Fallout Universe drugs.

Love that. Hard to believe that's Craig Boone, isn't it? Well, the voice actor I mean...Jason Marsden. I became a big fan of his acting because he actually acts.

I have been using the chems more recently and learned how well they work when a Party Time Mentat and Med-X, and my companions of course, got the job done in Caesar's tent.