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Disclaimer: Everything you see here is just for entertainment purposes and not meant to promote the use of drugs. Recreational drugs are bad. Don't do drugs in real life!

Torn Drugs vs Real Life Drugs

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It's only cool until the drug influence is over

As I was told, this wasn't for the newspaper, but I still wanted to share my research and thus here it is.

Would you like to know the differences in the drugs you take in Torn as opposed to the drug in real life? Well I did some Googling and wanted to share my findings with everyone. They're listed as they are in the wiki, Torn effects are just listed as they are, while the information I gathered is below.

Cannabis
What it does in Torn: Increased crime success rate. Gain 2-3 nerve. -20% Strength, -25% Defense, -35% Speed
What it does IRL: Cannabis is also known as marijuana and is a psychoactive drug for medical and recreational purposes. The immediate desired effects include relaxation and general euphoria. Having been grown and smoked 2500 years ago, it's the 2nd oldest in this list(it's also the icon that's being used in the drug tab).

Adverse effects include decrease in short term memory, impaired motor skills and psychosis.

Ecstasy
What it does in Torn: Doubles Happy (usually used just before a happy jump)
What it does IRL: Ecstasy is also known as 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine with the name being too long and the name Molly that's shared with a cloned sheep, was developed in 1912 by a German pharmaceutical and was popular as a street drug in the 1980s. It's effects include
Undesired effects are memory problems, paranoia, insomnia, blurred vision, among others. Ecstasy is most associated with dance parties and EDM due to sensory effects of music and lighting.

Ketamine
What it does in Torn: +50% Defense, -20% Strength and Speed
What it does IRL: Ketamine is a recreational drug that causes a trance-like state, providing pain relief and memory loss. In countries other than Torn, it's used for sedation and treatment of chronic pain and depression.
Discovered in 1962, it's side effects include confusion and hallucination. It also hurts when you pee a little.

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Really not gonna get swole like this guy from all this

LSD
What it does in Torn: +30% Strength, +50% Defense, -30% Speed and Dexterity, +50 Energy, +200~500 Happy, +5 Nerve (the go to for SSL gym users)
What it does IRL: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a recreational drug commonly known as acid, and was popular in the 1960s to 1980s. It was created in 1938 from a fungus. In the 1950s it was once used by the CIA in a mind control project MKUltra on people without their knowledge.
Contrary to belief, LSD doesn't seem to be addictive, but gives sense of anxiety, paranoia and delusions.

Opium
What it does in Torn: Removes all hospital time. Replenish 66.6% Life. +50~100 Happy
What it does IRL: Opium dates back to 5000 BCE and is a potent pain relief drug, allowing surgeons to perform surgical procedures for prolonged periods of time. It's medicinal effects include
In popular asian culture, stories talk of the Opium Wars between China and Britain in 1839 and 1857. Unlike in Torn City, Opium is addictive with users possibly being more depressed when they would get used to being high.

Opium is also a material in the manufacturing of morphine and heroin. It's largest manufacturer is India.

PCP
What it does in Torn: +20% Strength and Dexterity, 250 Happy
What it does IRL: Phencyclidine (PCP) is also known as angel dust, a recreational drug in the 1960s that can cause hallucinating, distorted perception of sounds and violence. It can also cause seizures and people to go into a coma. It was made in 1926 and typically sprayed on leafy material like cannabis before being smoked.

Shrooms
What it does in Torn: +500 Happy, -20% to all Fighting Stats, -25 energy (I'm working on taking 50 of each drug so I'll use up all my energy before taking this to sort of 'cheat' on the effects)
What it does IRL: Shrooms are also known as magic mushrooms, which in popular comedic culture, makes you see unicorns. Once again, it's origins date back thousands of years ago, but was first known in 1955 for indigenous ceremonies in Mexico. Effects include paranoia, hallucinations and psychosis. It's core chemical, Psilocybin, is not addictive but users may experience depression when they stop using the drug.

Speed
What it does in Torn: -20% Dexterity, +50% Speed, +50 Happy
What it does IRL: The chemical name for Speed is Amphetamine, and this recreational drug was discovered in 1887 by a chemist in Germany. Similar to it's nickname, in small doses, Speed can improve reaction time, muscle strength and fatigue resistance. Undesirable effects include impaired cognitive function and rapid muscle breakdown, and even delusions and paranoia.

Vicodin
What it does in Torn: +25% All Fighting Stats, +75 Happy (my go-to for Duke Missions)
What it does IRL: This was interesting for me as the term paracetamol came up and I'm quite sure that's a painkiller.Vicodin is known as hydrocodone/acetaminophen and is used to treat severe pain. Side effects include dizziness, sleepiness, constipation and vomiting. Serious undesirable effects include liver and kidney failure, decreased rate of breathing and allergic effects. Professional Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested in May 2017 for driving under influence, with one of the four prescription drugs taken at that time being Vicodin.
In popular culture, this drug was mentioned in a bunch of songs, such as from Eminem, Blackbear and Kendrick Lamar.

Xanax
What it does in Torn: +250 Energy, +75 Happy, -35% All Fighting Stats
What it does IRL: Our 2nd most valued drug in the list is Xanax or Alprazolam, being a psychoactive drug patented in 1971 and approved for medical use in 1981. It is used in short term management of anxiety disorders such as panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Overdose can lead to dizziness, hypoventilation, muscle weakness, coma or death. Similar to Torn City, Xanax is a common drug for abuse as a Schedule IV controlled substance in the US. Singer/composer Billie Ellish mentioned this in her song 'Xanny' in 2019.

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These oval shaped pills are currently worth $3,000 or $836,000 depending on the label on it.

Thanks for staying thus far, hope this has been sort of informative in your pitstop here. Now go back and work on those merits!

PS. If there's anything wrong mentioned do let me know, I'll make the amendment. If it's inappropriate, please let me know, I'll ask the mods to take this down. Thanks for reading.

Took awhile, but here's my submission. I wanted to have a iconic feel and MS Paint still works if you put enough effort on it! Cheers and Happy Halloween everyone.
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Here's a WIP
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I'm actually leaving this here so that I can transfer it later. Cheers!

LEVEL UP TO 15 FAST!
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I cannot emphasize this enough. Stop selling losses and start beating up easy targets to level up. The higher the level you can defeat, the more 'experience' you will gain and it's technically possible to reach 15 in less than 10 days. Yes, you heard me. You're losing out on alot of travelling and buying of plushies/flowers which will earn you loads of money in the long run.

Find your leveling targets here: List of Leveling Targets it's also a part of Baldr's Guide which is a good starting point.

Other things that have helped me one way or another:

Nash's Nerve Guide - Get your crime nerve going up as fast as possible with the one true formula from people with years of experience. tl;dr Warehouse Arson

Stages of Gym Training - Good read on when you should stack energy to prepare for a happy jump and when not to.

Baldr's / Hank's Ratio (of battle stats) - A future planning guide on what battle stats you want(in the future).

Racing Guide - 25 points to unlock in the points market - A guide to racing, nuff' said

Stock Market Benefit Blocks and what you should buy/should not buy

Buy 100 Bottle of Beer from Bits' and Bob every day! The stock refreshes every 15minute and 5 seconds mark. i.e.:15:05, 30:05, 45:05, 00:05

Things I do daily!

• if there's no chain, use my energy in the gym
• use up my nerve (after energy. in case you fail and end up in hospital)
• check if education is done, if not, start one
• booster cooldowns: if there's no chain, drink bottle of beer, draw blood using empty blood bags, never leave these at zero
• take a xanax and train. fly with a drug influence of more than 6-7hrs. never leave this at zero either

Check out the Calendar! https://www.torn.com/calendar.php
6 March - get a decent job and reap the benefits of triple job points and training
17 March - stock up on bottles of beer and use them on this day for double nerve. save some for 7 August for 5 times nerve
20 April - stock up on cannabis and use them for nerve and crime success boosts
14 June - have the intravenous therapy education done before this day and draw blood into empty blood bags faster
29 July - hunting at South Africa if you're into that
7 August - Beer is 5 times more effective
14 Nov - Triple Candy effects (work on the max happiness merit)

That should be all to get you started. Ask your peers if you're ooking for jobs, getting overdosed, getting bountied like mad after mugging someone, cherrio!


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Most links ripped off from this page.


Credits to: Owen, Alexstrasza, RandomCC, Baldr, Ahab for all the beneficial information.
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Hi all,

I looked through the first 5 pages of the forum and searched on 'headdress' 'headwear' and wasn't able to find much. This might open another can of worms, but can we consider allowing cosmetic headdress to be shown on top of armor like the combat helmet? Currently my character looks like this shown below. The one with the helmet is on the right.
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I understand that this might be difficult for people to see if the enemy is wearing a motorcycle helmet or welding mask. But just a suggestion in case it makes sense to have one for aesthetic purposes. Please leave a like if you think it's great, or downvote if it's a bad idea. Thanks!

Hi there,

I recently upgraded my gym to 'Gun Shop', and happened to notice that there is a corresponding player owned company called 'Gun Shop' as well. Would there be any concern in the duplicate name and whether it should be changed? It's not exactly game breaking so I didn't post this in the bugs section. Just wondering.

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Have't been drawing in awhile. Tried some photo editing as well!

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You were sent $50,000,000 from FitzChevalerie.

You were sent $25,717,360 from -R3x-.
Thank you sir!

You were sent a Donator Pack from Perturbee with the message: Lucky Goat! Shenanigans Lotto Winner!

Bump! This was really useful for me. I hope it's useful for others too. Cheers!

I spent my casino tokens for the day…
If you win, just remember not to borrow money to this guy C_M_Burns he pretty much scams members in every faction he jumps into to fuel his gambling tendencies. Just a friendly warning.

Nice cafe, has great mocha coffee. 10/10 will come again. Also, bump.

replying from r3x but in jail, hello hello

This is an interesting thought. Have a revive cooldown of 6-24 hours each revive adding 30mins or so. Since that's the way for medical cooldown and booster cooldown, why not for revive cooldown?

I try to make my designs better with current state of events. Hope it's worth it!
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I see M3G47HR0N 's name there. I always join his dock races before I go to bed.

I just saw it appear later and it was full yes, unfortunate

Yea I set alarms every two hours in advance and refreshed on the dot but didn't see the other races.. I guess that's the end for me hah

Sorry, did anyone see URT Prize Race 7 and 8 ? I joined earlier today but don't see the rest anymore. Are we allowed to only join one?

You were sent some Full Body Armor from Bravotitan 07:31:14 21/01/21
You were sent some Full Body Armor from Bravotitan 07:32:12 21/01/21
You were sent $4,000,000 from Someone_2 with the message: winna!

Wanted to do something for the Grinch since he gets shot on every year.
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I once tried touching my belly button with my elbows

With a digital obsessive hoarding problem I actually find the juxtaposed issue of too many items yet not taking up physical space hilarious. This has made my day. Upvoted!