Overdose deaths are skyrocketing, forcing researchers to find new ways to think about and treat addiction.
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Rehab Rarely Works for Opioid Addicts. Could a Vaccine?

Producers: Jill Rosenbaum and Barbara Dury
Associate Producer: Victor Couto
Editor: Anne Checler
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