Nothyp

Nothyp is an opioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. It is typically injected through smoking, snorting, or in some rare cases, via a needle into the vein.

## Uses

### Recreational

The most common use for Nothyp is recreational, as a non-medical setting. It is used for the euphoria it induces in recipients. Tolerance can develop quickly, requiring uses to increase the dosage to achieve the same effects.

### Medical Uses

In most nations, Nothyp is not accepted as medically useful.

While it can be prescribed as a strong pain medication or helping patients overcome trauma both physically and psychologically with its euphoria effect. Dosages for effects can vary, though is usually around 0.3-0.4mg.

Due to the downsides, most doctors and physicians believe that Nothyp is not helpful.

## Routes of Administration

The onset of Nothyp’s effects depends on its route of administration. Smoking is often the fastest route, though it is closely followed by needle injection. These are followed by snorting and swallowing.

Insufflation (snorting) and ingestion (swallowing) takes around 30 minutes for the high to commence, though can vary depending on the size, stature and race of the individual. Unlike swallowing the snorting, smoking and injection method come with an initial rush induced by the administration, before taking varied time before the actual high sets in.

Large doses of Nothyp can cause fatal respiratory depression, making it sometimes used in suicide or as a murder weapon.

### By Mouth

Nothyp use by mouth is one of the more common methods of administration, though is less potent and has no initial rush.

### Injection

Injection is a more uncommon method which carries greater risks than other methods of administration. It is prepared by dissolving it in hot water, mixing it with some type of fruit juice. Then, the user looks for a vein, injecting it via needle into their bloodstream.

### Smoking

Smoking Nothyp refers to inhaling the resulting forms by burning a smoke. It is more common due to the initial high that hits the user, and can be easier done than injection or consumption via mouth.

### Insufflation

Another popular route to intake the drug is through snorting, where the user crushes Nothyp into a fine powder and inhaling it into the nose, absorbing through the nose and straight into the bloodstream.

## Adverse Effects

### Short Term

Users often experience an intense wish followed by a transcendent state of euphoria. The rush is usually accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin and dry mouth. Some immediate negative effects that can happen include nausea, vomiting, severe itching and slowed breathing. If the amount is too much, the slowed breathing can be life-threatening, leading to a coma as heart function also slows.

### Long Term

Repeated Nothyp use can change the physical structure and physiology of the brain, causing long-term imbalances in neuronal and hormonal systems that can’t be easily reversed. Users may have affected decision-making abilities and responses to stressful situations may be changed or become opposite.

The body will later adapt a tolerance and more physical dependence when the drug is repeatedly used.

Some physical effects can include collapsed veins, decreased liver function, increased likelihood of infection and pneumonia.

### Withdrawal

Withdrawal is a syndrome that occurs when a user has become physically and/or psychologically dependent on Nothyp. Symptoms may include sweating, anxiety, depression, akathisia, insomnia, chills, severe muscle and bone aches, nausea, vomiting, cramps, fever, involuntary spasms in the limbs and sometimes death.

## Overdose

When a user overdoses on Nothyp their body is described as seizing up, dropping their heart rate below healthy standards and lowering their breathing rate. Death usually occurs from two ways, a lack of oxygen occurred due to the lowered breathing rate, or breathing at all, or suffocation from their own vomit caused when they were unconscious.

## History

Nothyp first entered South-East Arlec in **471PR**, introduced by traders selling the drug to Gonarundu. There, the addictive nature caused high demand, spreading through the nation and into the rest of the region.

In **521PR** the drug was banned in the Nirvan Republic by Marcus Frontius after ordering an investigation into the effects on the productivity of the nation.

Following the Nirvan Republic's example, the drug was banned in Tamwull and Uhek in **522PR**, Aren and the Carto Empire in **524PR** and Gonarundu in **525PR**.

It was later banned in Vosqis in **621PR**, one of their agreements before opening up to the world. Meaning, the only nations that remained where it is legalised, or at least unregulated is Hashin and Trosstin.