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Nicotine delivery
Posted on September 20, 2008
I just stumbled upon these two nicotine delivery systems. (The WHO is alarmed about one of them.)When reading about them, I couldn't help but think of Bill White's lecture on drug trends when he made this point:The hypodermic syringe offers an interesting case study in innovation. This new instrument arrived with the promise to reduce morphine addiction by requiring smaller amounts of morphine via injection compared to oral use. But this new technology turned out to be a Trojan horse that would alter the history of addiction in unforeseen ways.He also referenced the innovation of rocking co...
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