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According to the press service of the Mexican authorities, the vaccine against heroin addiction, the composition of which was patented just a few days ago, will be ready for human use for approximately a period of for the next five years. Mexican Health Minister Salomon Chertorivski recently visited Ciudad Juarez in the north of this country and personally monitored how the new one is being tested vaccines on experimental rats. According to the Minister, the tests are going well and the next step will be human tests.
It is reported that the development of the vaccine is now proceeding normally and at least another five years of work are required for this vaccine to be used to treat people. “We can be justifiably proud of our scientists at the National Institute of Psychiatry because they have created something no one else has ever done before. all over the world,” the Minister said. “And this is not just about the heroin vaccine. It's just that this vaccine has been patented right now, and we are going to create a similar drug against cocaine addiction and amphetamine addiction in the near future.”
During his visit, Minister Chertorivski also highly appreciated the quality of the medical program aimed at combating drug addiction in general. I must say that this study was also not without the intervention of Americans. It is thanks to the United States Government, which has created a special unit in Mexico to monitor the development of programs to combat drug trafficking, Mexican researchers received 18 million US dollars for their research.