"Wary, eh? Damned inconvenient, I suppose, getting knocked asleep all the time. But it certainly doesn't seem to hurt them. What about mental disturbance?"
"No obvious aberrations. But I don't know—"
"Yes, they're only guinea pigs. Hardly be satisfactory to the American Medical Association, among others. Take years of research to determine its absolute safety—"
"But it should be released to the public now!"
"Why?"
"Because its harmful effects, if any, are very likely to be insignificant—or we'd have no doubts about their existence."
"That assumption could be dangerous."
"Yes. But there's something else, too. This new weapon will replace firearms—which certainly do inflict injury, even death."
"Ah, society's application of it—" And Dr. Whitney took several minutes to digest that aspect.
I outlined my plans to him.