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"synthetic radioactive cocaine" is a hell of a phrase.
It's pretty rad.
Many drugs are made as radiochemicals to see how they distribute in the body. It's mostly the liver. Some drugs work specifically as radiochemicals to bring ionizing radiation to tumors to kill them.
https://fusionpharma.com/targeted-alpha-therapeutics/
That poor poor liver, taking the brunt of our misdeeds.
To be fair, though, that's its literal raison d'être.
A liver complaining about dealing with harmful stuff would be like a dung beetle complaining about having to roll shit around 🤷
new band name
No cheap ass crack for me. I splurge for the good stuff.
No cheap ass-crack for me. I splurge for the good stuff.
You mean my gluteal bisector?
Would also make for a hell of a band name if not for the first two words sounding clunky together 🤔
Nuked coke, illegitimate?
Irradiated faux-coke?
Nuked Fauxke? 🤷
Rad Synthcain, a club level touring electronic artist.
https://www.scho-ka-kola.de/homepage-english.html Totally particle accelerator targets
the page doesn't seem to mention the coolest fact that, like coca-cola, the composition was a bit different a century ago.