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Focus drugs are mental performance-enhancing drugs known to be used by the Martian Congressional Republic Navy.[1]

Use and effects[]

Once administered, usually orally, the user is granted greater alertness and awareness, which makes it possible to detect even the slightest of physical movements such as facial expressions or body language, as well as greater recall to have better recollection capability for details, and these enhanced abilities make the drug especially useful in debriefings or interrogations.

Another version of the drug provides full historical information on a subject to be known instantly.

The usage of focus drugs is easy to spot, as the pupils of the person using it tends to dilate, opening widely.

Physical description[]

In the novels, the drugs are dispensed as lozenges, large flat discs of hard-packed powder. A lozenge might be an inch diameter or slightly larger. The user must suck on one to release the active ingredient and have the dose take effect, which only lasts a few minutes.

In the TV adaptation, the drug is in the form of clear liquid pellets in a small spherical gel casing, roughly 7mm in diameter.

History[]

Focus drugs were used by Lieutenant Lopez when he interrogated Jim Holden on the MCRN Donnager.[2]

Focus drugs are administered to Bobbie Draper by Dr. Trish along with the stimulants before she awoke for her interrogation by Captain Thorrson regarding Ganymede. This leads her to fear that she had become blind but the doctor reassures Bobbie that sensitivity to light is a side-effect of dilated pupils.[3]

Focus drugs were used by Lieutenant Lopez when he interrogated James Holden aboard MCRN Donnager.[4]

Focus drugs are used by Commander Thorsen when he interrogated Bobbie Draper. Then, she uses them herself during a second round of more intense interrogation following the Ganymede incident.[5]

References[]

  1. The Expanse Novel Leviathan Wakes - Chapter 11: Holden
  2. The Expanse Novel Leviathan Wakes - Chapter 11: Holden
  3. The Expanse Novel Caliban's War - Chapter 4: Bobbie
  4. The Expanse TV Series - Season 1, Episode 3: "Remember the Cant"
  5. The Expanse TV Series - Season 2, Episode 7: "The Seventh Man"
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