Mexican researchers patent heroin vaccine

[JackLuis]

Mexican researchers patent heroin vaccine

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – While Mexico grapples with relentless drug-related violence, a group of Mexican scientists is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one of the world’s most notorious narcotics: heroin.

Researchers at the country’s National Institute of Psychiatry say they have successfully tested the vaccine on mice and are preparing to test it on humans.

The vaccine, which has been patented in the United States, works by making the body resistant to the effects of heroin, so users would no longer get a rush of pleasure when they smoke or inject it.

DEA said they were making progress on a cocaine vaccine? Could be the end of the Drug Business as we know it.

 

[KRCummings]

Kinda pointless aint it?
Someone who uses drugs isn't going to take the vaccine and someone who doesn't has no need for it.

 

[JackLuis]

Kinda pointless aint it?
Someone who uses drugs isn't going to take the vaccine and someone who doesn't has no need for it.

Not if it is government mandated you take it in the third grade.
Or after a drug conviction.

 

[Bert Notorius]

"¡Ándele! ¡Ándele! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Epa! ¡Epa! ¡Epa! Yeehaw!"

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[pointless]

the article says nothing about how long the vaccines effects last or whether or not it helps with withdrawal symptoms while saying it may be too powerful and block the effects of perfectly legal drugs people might actually need. it makes me wonder just how big of deal this actually is.