>This is kind of strange. Is it really fentanyl-specific, or does it effect all opioids?
This is answered in the article.
>“The anti-fentanyl antibodies were specific to fentanyl and a fentanyl derivative and did not cross-react with other opioids, such as morphine. That means a vaccinated person would still be able to be treated for pain relief with other opioids,” said Haile.
>Problems either way; if just fentanyl, then, duh, that's not the only way to get high.
Yes, but fentanyl is considerably more dangerous than most of those other methods. Mis-judging your poorly-cut heroin dose by a milligram at least doesn't kill you. That's part of the point of targeting fentanyl itself with a vaccine - it would be accepted by the drug-taking public, because most of them don't want to be taking fentanyl in the first place: there are other ways to get high.
This is answered in the article.
>“The anti-fentanyl antibodies were specific to fentanyl and a fentanyl derivative and did not cross-react with other opioids, such as morphine. That means a vaccinated person would still be able to be treated for pain relief with other opioids,” said Haile.
>Problems either way; if just fentanyl, then, duh, that's not the only way to get high.
Yes, but fentanyl is considerably more dangerous than most of those other methods. Mis-judging your poorly-cut heroin dose by a milligram at least doesn't kill you. That's part of the point of targeting fentanyl itself with a vaccine - it would be accepted by the drug-taking public, because most of them don't want to be taking fentanyl in the first place: there are other ways to get high.