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This is a Game Theory episode that explores the possibility of what kind of drug is in the "Phantom Cigar" that Venom Snake smokes in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The drug allows him to perceive time faster or slower, depending on the situation. The episode examines different drugs, such as methamphetamine, cocaine, opium, and marijuana, and their effects on time perception, as well as their medical and plant origins. The episode concludes that marijuana is the most likely candidate for the drug in the cigar, as it can alter time perception depending on the user's focus and experience. The episode also argues that this makes sense for Snake's character and the historical context of the game. The episode ends with an advertisement for Dollar Shave Club, a sponsor that helps support the show.
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1. The original Metal Gear game was released in 1987.
2. In the original Metal Gear game, cigarettes were useless until the final moments of the game.
3. Equipping cigarettes in the original Metal Gear game extended the amount of time the player had to escape the facility.
4. The Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain game was released in 2014.
5. In Metal Gear Solid V, the character Venom Snake uses an electronic cigar that speeds up his perception of time.
6. Methamphetamine was first synthesized by a Japanese chemist named Nagai Nagayoshi.
7. Cocaine is sometimes used as an anesthetic for nasal surgery and as a part of a diagnostic test for Parkinson's disease.
8. Opium is often used to chemically create other opioids, like Morphine, for use as medicine.
9. Opium is made from poppies.
10. Marijuana's effects are partially learned, and users who fully understand its effects are able to wield them properly.
11. A sociologist named H.S. Becker released a report in 1963 explaining that most of marijuana's effects are learned.
12. The book Altered States of Consciousness, edited by Charles T. Tart, explains that tuning one's brain to focus on certain things can cause a time travel effect.
13. The game Metal Gear Solid V is set in the early 1980s, during the Cold War.
14. The character Venom Snake smokes marijuana to calm his nerves.