Verdabain

Verdabain is a narcotic created by combining kobold venom with other alchemic ingredients. The resulting mixture is either injected directly into the bloodstream or dried, crushed to powder and snorted. 
"Verdabain" means "green death" in the orc language. However, only the kobold venom is green- the final product can be a variety of colors depending on what ingredients are used in its brewing. The most common variety in the south is red and is called "wine," "fang," or simpy "red" by street dealers and users. 
==Effects==
Verdabain can be snorted or injected. Effects are generally more intense and immediate when snorted, so most first-time users choose to inject. The drug produces powerful hallucinations in the user, followed shortly by a "crash," the symptoms of which include nausea, headache, vomiting, and bleeding from orifices. Long-time users experience more and more vivid hallucinations, and it is rumored that some users who took too much of the drug are permenantly in a state of seeing things that do no exist. Overdosing on the drug causes cardiac arrest, followed by (more often than not) the user's death. Verdabain is highly addictive and users develop a physical need for the drug that can be hard to kick without professional help.
Directly ingesting liquid verdabain through the mouth causes high levels of stomach discomfort, but none of the drug's other effects including the hallucinations. 
==Distribution==
Verdabain, like redchew, is produced and sold freely in Varakadak but is illegal in the southern nations. Some supply sold in the south is smuggled on ships from Varakadak, but most is brewed in urban centers like Mageport in secret alchemical laboratories. The sale of the drug is a big problem for law enforcement in major urban centers across the entire south.
==See Also==
*Redchew
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