Glitterstim (LadyVader)

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Glitterstim was a potent variety of the drug family "spice" that was mined on Kessel. It gave the user a brief, yet pleasurable, telepathic boost and heightened mental state. It was a very valuable spice and tightly controlled by the Galactic Empire.
It was produced from the webs of spice spiders. The spice was photoactive, so it had to be mined in total darkness or it would be ruined. After it was mined, it had to be packaged in an opaque paper to prevent accidental activation. Glitterstim was quite addictive—casual use could quickly lead to full-blown addiction. "Cutters" prepared the spice for sale. Glitterstim addicts were sometimes called "glit-biters."
During the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire, Getzo claimed to have invented glitterstim.
The Republic first made use of glitterstim, considering it a medicinal substance, and volunteers mined it on Kessel. With the fall of the Republic, criminal organizations diverted it to the black market.
Sources gave varying accounts of the true effects of glitterstim. It has been widely lauded to give a temporary telepathic boost, but many, such as Corran Horn, felt that the increased abilities were merely imagined by the spiced users. Others, such as Han Solo, felt their effects firsthand and knew the telepathic powers to be true. Excessive use, however, degenerated the nerves in the brain, resulting in loss of sight, twitching, nervousness, and paranoia.
Glitterstim users frequently overdosed on the spice, sometimes resulting in death. 
Glitterstim was the basis for other spice variants, such as glitteryll and tempest.
Moira Piett worked for the Hutt crime lady Khatika Ven as a glitterstim runner
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