A Proposal for a Monitoring and Aversive Feedback Device to Maintain Drug Abstinence or Controlled Drug Use
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 18 (7) , 1029-1031
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826088309033069
Abstract
A device implanted in a patient could monitor blood levels of addictive substances on an intermittent or continuous basis. Excessive levels of a given substance would trigger release of an aversive chemical agent into the bloodstream, in essence creating an artificial allergy. Implications of the concept are discussed.Keywords
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