Pedantry - Casual

Red sand is a stimulant with biotic-enhancing properties. Its abuse is disproportionately high among non-biotic friends and relatives of biotics, often out of a misguided desire to understand what their loved ones are experiencing. Because of its addictive nature, Red Sand is illegal on most Council Species worlds like Illium, which has created a major black market smuggling industry for it. Red sand was originally created by criminal triads on Mars from refined element zero, and may take its name from the planet.