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{{Animal simple
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{{InfoboxGoods
|name= Highleaf
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|name   = Highleaf
|type= Autotroph
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|Type    = Drugs
|terrain= Unknown
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|TL      = 0
|locomotion= Sessile
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|size   = 10.0 ml
|size= Small
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|weight  = 10.0 grams
|speed= 0.0kph (Sessile)
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|cost    = Cr250
|strength= n/a
 
|quantity= Large groups (groves)
 
|weapons= None
 
|armor= None
 
|home= Unknown
 
|multi= No
 
|canon= No
 
|ref= {{Challenge|27}}
 
|extinct= Extant
 
 
|footnote=
 
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[[Highleaf]] is a euphoric highly addictive to [[Humans]] and [[Vargr]]. The dried leaves of [[!!xug'k]] or [[Highleaf]], in a 10-gram dose, gives the user powerful sense of euphoria and giddiness for eight to fourteen hours while interfering with the judgment, cognitive abilities, and reaction time. The drug is physically addicting, with the withdrawal symptoms and cravings suddenly emerging days or weeks after the last consumption.
  
== Highleaf (Creature) Synopsis ==
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!!xug'k within the [[Two Thousand Worlds]] is a luxury trade item, perfectly legal, not particularly expensive (Cr25 to Cr50 per kilogram), and easy to obtain. The leaves when chewed by the K'kree are a mild narcotic with a similar effect as alcohol.  
[[Highleaf]] is a luxury item grown and processed by the [[K'kree]], who call the plant ''[[!!xug'k]]''.
 
* For the K'kree it is a mild narcotic.
 
  
== Physiology & Ecology ==
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Highleaf is illegal on most worlds in the [[Third Imperium]] and [[Vargr Extents]], and usually unobtainable. Human and Vargr smugglers often slip into [[K'kree space]] to import the drug.
No information yet available.
 
  
== Life Cycle & Reproduction ==
 
No information yet available.
 
  
== Diet & Trophics ==
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{{Basic}}
No information yet available.
 
 
 
== History & Background (Dossier) ==
 
For Humans, and [[Vargr]], it is one of the most potent addictive drugs known.
 
* A 10-gram dose, taken by chewing the leaves, gives the user a powerful sense of euphoria and giddiness for eight to fourteen hours.
 
* The drug interferes with the judgment, cognitive abilities, and reaction time of the user.
 
* The drug is physically addicting, with the withdrawal symptoms and cravings suddenly emerging days or weeks after the last consumption.
 
 
 
Highleaf is illegal on most worlds in the [[Third Imperium]], and usually unobtainable.
 
* In the [[Two Thousand Worlds]], !!xug'k is perfectly legal, not particularly expensive (Cr25 to Cr50 per kilogram), and easy to obtain.
 
* Human and [[Vargr]] smugglers often slip into [[K'kree]] space to import the drug.
 
 
 
== [[Travellers' Aid Society]] Advisory ==
 
The [[Travellers' Aid Society]] (TAS) provides no advisory for the highleaf plant, which provides little to no threat to the vast majority of [[sophont]] species. However, the TAS strongly recommends caution when using processed or narcotic versions of highleaf, which are highly addictive and can provoke a wide variety of deleterious physiological symptoms including migraines, diarrhea and skin irritation when taken in high doses.
 
 
 
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
 
{{Sources
 
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|S1= Periodical: {{CT}} {{Challenge|27}}
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Challenge 27|page=27|article=Small Cargoes-Three for the Road}}
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag|page=150}}
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Latest revision as of 00:34, 23 December 2017

Highleaf
Type Drugs
Tech Level TL–0
Cost Cr250
Size 10.0 ml
Weight 10.0 grams

Highleaf is a euphoric highly addictive to Humans and Vargr. The dried leaves of !!xug'k or Highleaf, in a 10-gram dose, gives the user powerful sense of euphoria and giddiness for eight to fourteen hours while interfering with the judgment, cognitive abilities, and reaction time. The drug is physically addicting, with the withdrawal symptoms and cravings suddenly emerging days or weeks after the last consumption.

!!xug'k within the Two Thousand Worlds is a luxury trade item, perfectly legal, not particularly expensive (Cr25 to Cr50 per kilogram), and easy to obtain. The leaves when chewed by the K'kree are a mild narcotic with a similar effect as alcohol.

Highleaf is illegal on most worlds in the Third Imperium and Vargr Extents, and usually unobtainable. Human and Vargr smugglers often slip into K'kree space to import the drug.

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