Monday, June 21, 2004

Viruses in the war against drugs?

Recently, a virus was used to pass antibodies through the blood-brain barrier to innoculate rats against cocaine. An abusive scenario would be to use this not merely on untreatable addicts but to innoculate the general population against cocaine, forcibly cutting demand down to the last individual. Prisoners have fewer rights; would they be viable candidates for such a preemptive procedure? I wonder how such would play out in countries with poor human rights.

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