"I don't fault you for it. I'll want to engage in a little recreational self use myself. But as a pain reliever, it's actually not a terrible one, and if we have anyone who needs some sort of anti-psychotic, I can't think of anything better than that in a pinch."

It could, always, have the opposite effect but Helen hoped they wouldn't be faced with such in their closed society.

"It'll be nice to have something to take the edge off."