From atomly Sent Thu, Jun 22nd 2000, 22:18
http://www.newscientist.com/features/features_22424.html This is just scary- companies are developing vaccines against drugs to deter usage... Imagine if they start giving them to kids. Here's a snippet: BILLY wanted to be bad. He just never quite made it. Sure, he'd put in the hours hanging out with the wrong crowd. He'd snorted what they snorted, injected what they injected and smoked what they smoked. But while his friends found bliss or oblivion, Billy was left to watch from the sidelines, untouched by the drugs. Billy's parents couldn't have been happier with the result. Years ago, they'd made the decision to vaccinate their son against addictive chemicals. Thanks to a few simple injections, Billy's blood was brimming with antibodies that bind to these substances and stop them getting to his brain, like a thin red line of defence against life's vices. Billy may be fictitious, but the prospect of an anti-drug vaccine isn't just a rebellious teenager's nightmare. Academic labs and at least five companies are in the advanced stages of animal testing for antibody therapies against cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), methamphetamine and even nicotine. One anti-cocaine vaccine has already been tested for safety in drug abusers. By the end of the year, it could be undergoing its first efficacy trials. -- :: atomly :: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx | xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx | xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx http://www.atomly.com | http://www.mp3.com/atomly [CELL|(888)522.3830] | [CELL|(701)729.1631] | [HOME|(612)676.1817]