Ireland Considers Vaccinating Against Drug Addiction
From: tcomeau (tunderbar_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/28/04
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Date: 28 Jul 2004 11:52:12 -0700
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0,1854,573511,00.html
Ireland Considers Vaccinating Against Drug Addiction
The Irish government is being asked to consider a radical approach to
fighting addiction: vaccinating children against future heroin,
cocaine, and nicotine misuse, the Belfast Telegraph reported July 26.
The national anti-drug immunization program is one of several
recommendations issued by the Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs
project, a committee of scientists appointed by the government earlier
this year.
The program would be similar to past nationwide vaccination programs
for measles, mumps, and rubella.
"People could be vaccinated against drugs at birth as you are against
measles. You could say cocaine is more dangerous than measles, for
example. It is important that there is a debate on this issue. This is
a huge topic -- addiction and smoking are major causes of premature
death," said committee member David Nutt, a leading government drugs
adviser.
Drug vaccinations are currently in development by pharmaceutical
companies and could be on the market within two years.
....
David Nutt, D.M., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych., Dean of Clinical Medicine
and Dentistry, Professor of Psychopharmacology, University of Bristol,
UK. Shareholder in GlaxoSmithKline. Consultant for GlaxoSmithKline,
Janssen, Servier, Esteve, Lundbeck, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and
AstraZeneca. Receives honoraria from Wyeth, Pierre Fabre, and Organon.
Received research funding from UCB Pharma, GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth,
Pierre Fabre, and Lundbeck.
(http://www.mca.gov.uk/aboutagency/regframework/csm/csmdoi01.pdf;
accessed 7/18/03)
.....
Jeez, talk about pre-emtive marketing. So much for science-based
health guidelines in the UK too.
TC
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