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Should we have a vaccine for addictions? alcoholism? drug use? eating?

Eg: Give it early in people's lives, that the first time they drink even a little alcohol, it should produce such (non life threatening) symptoms - terrible taste, throw up etc, they would not touch it again, and therefore won't be addicted?



It's been done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disulfiram

Not as a vaccine, but as a drug.


I had all those symptoms when I drank my first beer and still learned to love it. You can overcome everything if you really want to.


well, its not a strong enough signal then...




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