cbs dr. jon lapook takes a look. reporter: tackling the opioid crisis requires changing strategies and the way we think about addiction says columbia professor sandra comer. one of the mistakes that people make when they think about drug users, oh, it s somebody s choice to have this disorder. it that s not true. reporter: it s a medical disease. it s a medical disease. an we need to treat it. reporter: 100,000 people died from drug overdose over the 12 months ending in may 2021. up 22% from the year before. medically assistive treatments can be effective but have a relapse rate of about 50%. that s why we re continuing to look for new medications. reporter: that search led to a new type of treatment a vaccine that targets the chemical makeup of oxycodone. comer and his research colleague marco pravetoni are testing the vaccine on volunteers with substance abuse disorder. the idea behind the vaccine is after a while, the body will
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Some researchers believe vaccines could be a powerful new tool to fight substance use disorder and overdoses, but some experts in B.C. are expressing caution about the idea.
A new vaccine being developed could be used to help those prone to Opioid Use Disorder and opiate addiction.Scientists with a new research center at the Univers