Thursday, July 01, 2004

NEUROCOPS: TOMORROW�S DRUG WAR � New Report Warns Policing is Poised to Move Inside the Body and Brain �

PRESS RELEASE: NEUROCOPS: TOMORROW�S DRUG WAR � New Report Warns Policing is Poised to Move Inside the Body and Brain �: "NEUROCOPS: TOMORROW�S DRUG WAR � New Report Warns Policing is Poised to Move Inside the Body and Brain �
This report by the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics is the first comprehensive and critical analysis of �pharmacotherapy,� the use of new medications designed to block the effects of illegal drugs.
(PRWEB) June 30, 2004 -- A 50-page policy report released by the non-profit Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics warns that the war on drugs may be about to enter a new era �that expands the drug war battlefield from the Columbian coca farms and the Middle Eastern poppy fields, to a new terrain directly inside the bodies and brains of drug users.� The report is the first comprehensive and critical analysis of �pharmacotherapy,� the use of new medications designed to block the effects of illegal drugs. While acknowledging that such pharmacological aids may well benefit people who voluntarily chose to use them, the CCLE report raises concerns about potential coercive use."