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U.S. Prisons, Jails Try Medication to Treat Opioid Addiction

U.S. Prisons, Jails Try Medication to Treat Opioid Addiction

Update: 2023-01-27
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P.M. Edition for Jan. 27. The opioid crisis has taken a heavy toll in the U.S., and the ravages of drug addiction are acutely apparent in the nation’s jails and prisons. Now more of them are offering programs that dispense anti-addiction medications to inmates. WSJ health and medicine reporter Julie Wernau joins host Annmarie Fertoli to discuss the story, part of the Journal’s series on opioid addiction.




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U.S. Prisons, Jails Try Medication to Treat Opioid Addiction

U.S. Prisons, Jails Try Medication to Treat Opioid Addiction

The Wall Street Journal