AHS Views

I read yet another story today about the vaccine that’s supposed to cure cocaine addiction. It’s not going to work for the vast majority - I can tell you that right now. Even though this drug may block the receptors in the brain that cause the high - most addicts will simply find another drug to create the same effect until they get the addiction help they need.

Drug addiction doesn’t stem from simply taking a drug. For every person out there who has used cocaine and become an addict there is probably another person who used cocaine and didn’t.

Was it because they took the ‘vaccine.’ No, it’s because they’re handling whatever issues they have in life without drugs. A drug addict, on the other hand, is not.

How is the person going to get relief from those issues if he can’t feel the effects of the drug? He’s not. So, he’ll look for something else.

Until the person is able to get the addiction help services he needs to resolve the problems, things aren’t going to change. And, if the person does get the help he needs, he won’t need a vaccine, or any other drug for that matter, to get sorted out.