Public Health Warning: Psychite Tea...

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I bought a 4 year old slave girl, convinced her to join my colony, and then just set her various things the same way I do for my grown up colonist.
The first couple of years went fine, she was learning quickly and she seemed happy enough.
Too Happy...

Then I suddenly got a message that she'd developed a psychite addiction; I'd just given her the same drug policy as my other colonist without thinking about it, which is psychite tea every two days. Never had a problem with that in any game, but, unsurprisingly, four year olds aren't so great at sticking to a schedule (and probably get addicted more easily too?), so I discovered my tea supply was less than a third of what it should have been.

So now she's fighting an addiction and I had to cast Regrow Limbs (from VE Psycasts) on her to knock out her for a day because she went psychotic and she was carrying a heavy SMG (that she can actually use too because I gave her a shooting trainer).

Probably a good thing I never got children...

[Doomdrvk]

The safe dose interval if hovered over in the drug information panel will tell you the safe dose interval for different ages.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Body size matters greatly for safe doses, and every two days is not suitable for such a young child.

Colonists will keep to the schedule unless they have a trait like chemical interest.

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So she didn't do anything wrong, which makes me an even worse parent...

Thanks. I'll give it another try, once she's completely over the addiction.

[Discotooth™]

Whatever you do, do not give a 2 year old smokeleaf joint

[Veylox]

It's not the schedule, it's body size, it stays longer in the system if it's a child

[Aztaryd]

Funniest thread ever.

[Chibi Life]

"Psst, hey kid, wanna try some psychoactive drugs?"
"YAAAAY"

[Vermillion Cardinal]

In my colonies the only drug scheduled is penoxycyline (luciferium is never used). Almost everything else is on a recreational basis, with smokeleaf and a number of others specifically excluded.

So far the kids haven't developed any addictions whatsoever.