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08/05/2004:

"Jab to beat addiction"

Courier
CHILDREN could be injected with an "anti-junkie" vaccination being developed by drug companies under a radical plan to combat rising addiction.

Under the plan, being considered by British MPs, doctors would immunise at birth babies considered to be at risk of becoming nicotine or drug addicts. The injection would be similar to an inoculation for measles or mumps.

Doctors believe the childhood jab would block the euphoric effects of drugs later in life, rendering useless narcotics such as heroin and cocaine.

The vaccinations are expected to be on the market within two years. full article