This concept is nothing new; an analogous drug that provides tolerance for heroin already exists. But heroin addicts who are forced to take methadone (as opposed to those who take it to assuage withdrawal symptoms) typically just turn to other drugs.
This drug would be useless for parents - it shouldn't be used to try and force someone else not to use cocaine, since they'll just turn to other drugs. Its only potential use case is the current drug user who wishes to stop but is afraid of the withdrawal period.
Heroin is an opiate with many alternatives from oxcontin to the aforementioned methadone.
There are no generics for cocaine. It is a fairly unique drug that people either free base or snort.
The next jump for someone who wants to get "up" would be meth but you don't see these two being used interchangeably for the most part. I think this proposed drug has viability.
This concept is nothing new; an analogous drug that provides tolerance for heroin already exists. But heroin addicts who are forced to take methadone (as opposed to those who take it to assuage withdrawal symptoms) typically just turn to other drugs.
This drug would be useless for parents - it shouldn't be used to try and force someone else not to use cocaine, since they'll just turn to other drugs. Its only potential use case is the current drug user who wishes to stop but is afraid of the withdrawal period.