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.

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Posted by redallithy on 20 Oct 08 03:06 AM EDT

we hope that this vaccine comes sooner

Posted by redallithy on 20 Oct 08 03:16 AM EDT

i want to know more about vaccination against opoids

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