The shrimp-looking Mantis may be recognisable to veterans (it once appeared in pre-Steam builds).
However, the developers feel these drugs have been over-used.
So they’ve rebalanced the opiates as part of theirBlood in the Water update.

Guess I’ll just die.
Also worth mentioning is a new treatment for the face-hugging Husk parasite that takes control of its human host.
“Husk infections can be treated with sufforin and cyanide,” the creators clarify.
you could now poison your teammate’s body to kill the parasite sucking on their noggin.
You’ll just, you know, have to cure the cyanide poisoning after that.
There are many, many other changes to the game, including new wrecks and adjustable difficulty parameters.
you’re able to read all this and more in great detail inthe update’s patch notes.
But here are some final fun ones to read entirely out of context.
Even if those tweaks seem purpose-built to kill you.