County Jails Struggle With A New Role As America's Prime Centers For Opioid Detox

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April 24, 2019

Eric Westervelt

In Massachusetts last July, several Franklin County Jail inmates were watched by a nurse and a corrections officer after receiving their daily doses of buprenorphine, a drug that helps control opioid cravings. By some estimates, at least half to two-thirds of today's U.S. jail population has a substance use or dependence problem. (AP)

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