[Geee]

I don't think anyone associates ether with a drug first.

From Thesaurus: "ether - the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies"

[waterlesscloud]

And ethernet. Kids today.

[eigenrick]

"There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ethereum binge."

      Appologies to Hunter S. Thompson

[anonymouz]

Though another spelling of that is "aether" (I think this is more common than "ether").

Ethers are also a group of rather common organical compounds in chemistry. This is the page Wikipedia gives you when searching "Ether", as gateway allures to. Apparently, a specific compound of those (diethyl ether) can be used as a drug. Seems rather unlikely to me that people would connect the name to the drug first.

[kordless]

"composing all heavenly bodies"

Perfect name.

[gatehouse]

maybe it's just me and wikipedia.

[rch]

And the late Hunter S. Thompson. It's the first thing I thought of too.