Anti-ecstasy antibodies

It's an age-old problem: How do you stop people from getting high? A team of scientists may have found the answer with new anti-ecstasy antibodies that clean up nasty narcotics from the bloodstream:

The team have not yet tested the antibodies in humans, only in rats, but they say that a single injection can reduce the level of drug within the bloodstream for several days. By binding to drug molecules, the antibodies prevent them from reaching tissues like the heart and brain, and mark the compounds for clean up by the body.

Owens says that his team's antibodies bind to many drugs from the same chemical "family". Cocaine and nicotine are single, specific compounds but methamphetamines share a basic chemical skeleton with many other drugs. So-called "designer drugs" are made by modifying this skeleton to create specific effects. The team say their therapy works for meth, amphetamines and ecstasy.

Hooray for science! Now we can stop everyone from having fun with a simple injection. Isn't the future awesome!?