Blocking A Meth High Could Help Addicts Committed To Recovery

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have performed successful tests of an experimental methamphetamine vaccine on rats. Vaccinated animals that received the drug were largely protected from typical signs of meth intoxication. If the vaccine proves effective in humans too, it could become the first specific treatment for meth addiction, which is estimated to affect 25 million people worldwide. "This is an early-stage study, but its results are comparable to those for other drug vaccines that have then gone to clinical trials," said Michael A...

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