diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine_reagents.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine_reagents.dm
index 19edf2ec157..30fae4db9c7 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine_reagents.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine_reagents.dm
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
 	..()
 
 /datum/reagent/medicine/ephedrine/on_mob_life(mob/living/carbon/affected_mob, seconds_per_tick, times_fired)
-	if(SPT_PROB(10 * (1-creation_purity), seconds_per_tick) && iscarbon(affected_mob))
+	if(SPT_PROB(10 * (1.5-creation_purity), seconds_per_tick) && iscarbon(affected_mob))
 		var/obj/item/I = affected_mob.get_active_held_item()
 		if(I && affected_mob.dropItemToGround(I))
 			to_chat(affected_mob, span_notice("Your hands spaz out and you drop what you were holding!"))