On 5 Apr 2002, Michael Roberts wrote: > Repeat until they stop their dumb behavior. That should put an end to > most conflicts I believe. As for shooting holes in people, isn't that > what we did in the 20th centrury ? > > Has anyone seen any research on stuff like this ?
You don't even need to open a book on pharmacology to realize why this is a dumb idea. To have any effect a molecule must enter your body. Because you use passive vehicles to deliver (unless you can get your target audience to self-administer in a controlled manner), some people will get a lot more exposure than others due to statistical fluctuations. Depending on their age, physique, and natural susceptibility, their reactions will vary widely even to the same dosage/kg. Since typically you don't drench the landscape with tons of agent per m^2, the molecules used are potent, meaning have noticeable impacts even in very small quantities. Their therapeutic bandwidth (starting from where you get an effect, and when you're approaching LD50 country, a mg/kg body weight dosage at which 50% of people die) is narrow. Taken together, this means that you're walking a *very* narrow line between no effect at all, and a lot of dead bodies littering the landscape. Both are probably not what you wanted.
