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One could imagine the government making this mandatory for all newborns just like the many other child hood vaccines. In 20 years, you would eliminate all coca
by influx 15y ago
One could imagine the government making this mandatory for all newborns just like the many other child hood vaccines. In 20 years, you would eliminate all cocaine addicts, as anyone trying cocaine would not get high the first time.
Interesting idea, not sure how practical or ethical it is though.
- marshray 15y agoI wonder if it would bind to some percentage of naturally-occurring stimulants in some percentage of the population. That's the kind of thing that can really can bring about the downfall of an entire civilization.
- SeoxyS 15y agoThat goes against so many ethical and legal codes... This is how you end up with a repressed society.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWhy don't you just suggest we start pumping the water full of happy-pills while you're at it?
- nradov 15y agoSome have suggested adding trace amounts of lithium to drinking water in order to reduce depression and suicide. I don't think that's necessarily a good idea, but there is a scientific basis for it. http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/194/5/464.abstract http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/194/5/464.abstract
- burgerbrain 15y agoOh, I don't doubt that it would be possible to do it. I'm just saying that it's pretty much one of the canonical "Bad Ideas" (tm) from modern fiction. It ranks right up there with "stop talking about sharks, you're scaring away the tourists" and "lets split up so we can cover more ground".