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Instead, Sinclair’s synthetic form amplified Lupamine’s effects, prolonging her loop-hole phases and heightening the ferocity of her behaviour.
Lupamine is a drug developed by Nex Gen, that Rebecca famously became addicted to despite being a synth.
Lupamine is a controversial tranquilizer created by Nex Gen to genetically resurrect their Lycans for the military. The article on Jayven Valex describes it as “Nex Gen’s military dyrewolf tranquilizer”. The dangerous drug brings users into a feral dissociative state, where they feel like they are part of a predatory nightmare.
Rebecca Sinclair, the world’s first synthetic human, was notably the first to fall victim to this. The article on Lupamine provides us with an insight into the addictive substance known as Lupamine.
While she was supposed to be a symbol for humanity’s future, previously suffering from a deadly disease named CERS, she became the most infamous case of Lupamine addiction. This also seems to be a direct consequence of her synth body amplifying its effects, despite synths previously being assumed to be immune to addiction.
The drug was first developed to control Nex Gen’s Lycans, but became a recreational drug on the street. It can be inhaled or injected, often with the goal of dissociative trips and the experience of increased strength. These effects can then result in the violent tendencies and long-term users also experience memory loss, aggression, paranoia and flashbacks. Lupamine is very addictive, with the drug leaving people desperate for more and trapped in what is also called a semi-loop-hole state: their minds become trapped in a circle of fear and hunting.
The DTC, or Disunited Territories of Columbia, had an epidemic of Lupamine addiction and banned it for public use, as a class A controlled substance. Due to the black market trade and despite warnings, Lupamine use was skyrocketing at the time of writing the article in the browser.
Another article details the death by overdose of Jayven Valex, the rising star of DRIVD IT. The actor was found unresponsive in his home, having used his last words to ask his assistant, Clara Hynes, to administer the drug to him. Authorities responded by arresting five suspects, including Dr. Marion Vale, Erik Cruz and Jasmine Lorran. The latter is also referred to as “Lupamine Queen”. Dr. Vale has pled guilty to conspiracy and is awaiting a prison sentence of up to 10 years. The article also mentions allegations of a man named Dr. Sal Marquez and Lorran exploiting Valex for profit.
One of the articles on the Daily Whisper about Lupamine can not be accessed due to several viruses, something that does not seem to be an issue on any other page.
Dr. Lee MD is the first one to mention Lupamine in the real timeline, in his show Unbeleevable (Episode 2), he even gives the drug a try himself. We do not learn how this ends.
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