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Scientists in Brazil are developing the first vaccine that could help break cocaine addiction (www.euronews.com)

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Scientists in Brazil are developing the first vaccine that could help break cocaine addiction::The vaccine is designed to help produce anti-cocaine antibodies in the body of a person who is chemically dependent on the substance.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're absolutely right. I'm surprised by that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yet alcohol is and it's legal in practically every country! You can go out and buy 5 liters of vodka and go home and get shit faced, but you can't buy weed legally in a lot of places or cocaine legally pretty much anywhere (except for Portugal).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heroin was sold in the back of the Sears catalog in the US in the early 1900s! It was marketed to housewives to "take the edge off of a stressful day".

You're absolutely right that it's all about money and politics. It has always amazed me how (in the US) weed is placed in the same schedule (legal tier of how restricted it is) as heroin and cocaine, saying that they're extremely addictive and have no medical usage... Which is absolute bullshit. We all know cocaine is a stimulant and numbing agent, heroin was invented by Bayer Pharmaceutical and is a strong pain killer, and we're discovering that weed has many benefits. Also the US government has a patent for the medicinal usage of cannabis.... while simultaneously stating that it has no medicinal usage 😶