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In order to ostensibly protect the public from future bioterrorist attacks, the government developed a drug called [[Parepin]] . Parepin, found on the first discovered site [[I Am Trying To Believe]], is a drug added to the water system and drinking supply of the general public. Its initial purpose allegedly is to combat all disease, though there is no scientific proof to justify this claim. The Year Zero Administration added it to the drinking supply to both combat disease and reduce the populace's susceptibility to bioterrorist attacks, however, many citizens are reluctant to believe this. Discontinued use of the drug has provided citizens with an increase in their clarity of thought, which the government claims is mere paranoia. Parepin is a Epinephrine seems to be an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACTH ACTH] blocker, Epinephrine . ACTH is a "fight or flight" hormone which is released from the adrenal glands hypothalamus whenever danger threatens. When secreted it floods out , ACTH stimulates the endocrine gland into synthesis of the bloodstream epinephrine (adrenaline) precursors dopa and norepinephrine. Second, ACTH stimulates the adrenal cortex to instantly prepare release cortisol. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine#Regulation] Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that is involved in the body for action response to stress; it increases blood pressure, blood sugar levels, may cause infertility in emergency situationswomen, and suppresses the '''immune system'''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisol]