An Analysis of Ethical Issues Raised by Neuroscience Research on the Addictions
Overview
This paper was commissioned by WHO for a meeting held in Mexico City, June 2002 on neurosciences and the addictions. The paper discussed ethical issues raised by neuroscience research on addiction (such as informed consent and risks of studies that administer drugs of dependence to persons who are drug-addicted). It also discussed the ethical issues raised by using drug and vaccine treatments derived from neuroscience research to treat and prevent addictions.
OPPE Staff
Wayne Hall, Lucy Carter and Katherine Morley
Status
Comission completed
Outcomes
A report was written for WHO which will be used in preparing a major report on neuroscience perspectives on addiction that will be released in 2003.
A paper had been published
in a peer-reviewed journal:
Hall, W., Carter, L. & Morley, K.I. (2003)
Addiction, neuroscience and ethics. Addiction, 98: 867-870; author reply
873-874.
The material from
the report and the paper is also available as a Technical Report published
by the National Alcohol and Drug Research Centre, University of New South
Wales:
Hall, W., Carter, L. & Morley, K.I. (2002) Ethical implications
of advances in neuroscience research on the addictions. National Drug
and Alcohol Research Centre Technical Report No.143, Sydney: National
Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
Funding
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Last updated: 9 July
2003