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In the near future, your doctor may be able to offer you a shot to guard against heroin as easily as she can give you one for tetanus or diphtheria. Anti-drug vaccines could soon be a viable option for users who want to kick their habits — and they're shifting how we think about addiction.
Currently, there are injectable treatments in development for all of the so-called "Big Four" addictive substances: methamphetamine, nicotine, heroin, and cocaine addictions. While individual vaccines vary, they all tend to work by training the immune system to produce antibodies as soon as the user...
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