Drugs futures 2025? : horizon scan / Office of Science and Technology.

  • Great Britain. Office of Science and Technology
Date:
2005
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Credit: Drugs futures 2025? : horizon scan / Office of Science and Technology. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Introduction This report from the Foresight project on Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs contains oe ol piliehe Horizon SteeT4 p oduced by the sll Ss science experts, D at Trev or Robt r) Ne LN ! itt. Prof It has been written with the benefit of the state-of-the-science reviews commissioned by Foresight from world experts in the many fields of interest to the future of brain science, addiction and drugs. These range from sociology, social policy and economics to neuroscience and drug treatment. It is not a précis of the reviews, of which two-page summary versions are available. A list of the review titles is at the back of this document. This Horizon Scan articulates Foresight's objective of providing Government and others with challenging visions of possible futures. It is based on scientific evidence of the state of play at the time of writing (September 2004 to May 2005), and builds on this evidence base to look at possible future change. It does not offer predictions, but it does raise issues and possibilities that policy makers and others might wish to consider. Some are more speculative than others. As this report looks out to 2025 and future possibilities, it inevitably challenges current thinking. A ane that iS ean to treat identifiable Ei conditions, for example, Peeainer S disease, may also attract those within the normal range of performance who hope to enhance their mental powers. It is likely that the pharmaceutical industry will find it uneconomical to develop drugs to match all the potential targets that science will discover. This possibility exists alongside that of the medicalisation of behaviour and of conditions that are regarded as normal today.
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