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So do you not know of anyone who takes drugs now?
I hate to say it WhoWhere, but the majority of 6th formers leaving school now have at least tried cannabis once. So, it is indeed 'part of growing up' for most.
Its just a shame the governments drug education is horrifically bad.
Drugs with proven negative effects on the individuals and their families, in much the same way as nicotine and alcohol.
But they arent the instant death and dispair that they are made out to be.
There are many users of cocaine that dont develop a habit.
It is an education issue really, if people actually knew the dangers that went with drug use then they could make educated decisions.
I'm not naive enough to think a vaccine would work alone, but combine with other forms of help would be more effective than the current system.
Imagine a heroin addict, just been released from prison, he is very likely to use heroin again, probably because he realises what a crock of shit his life has become.
He decides to go on one of the current courses designed to beat the addiction and does well. Only he can't overcome the physical addiction he has for the drug. So currently he is slowly weaned off the drug using methadone. Slow and expensive.
A new system would see him doing the course then being given the vaccine to destroy the addiction immediately.
The heroin isnt really the root cause of the problem, thats really only a physical thing and can be taken care of.
Its the reason why they are using that needs to be addressed.
'nowt i can do about it'.
Hence I said they're thought to... Nobody knows what causes autism (personally it wouldn't surprise me if it were something nutritional)... But there's no smoke without fire and to be honest I can see why some parents wouldn't wanna risk it.
The WHO has found no evidence that its in any way linked, neither has the NHS.
The diseases on the other hand are horrible and known to cause serious harm.
I can see your point though, if you havent the time or intelligence to look into it you may well take 'MMR kills children' type headlines seriously.