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The Balkans are a drug trafficking hub, Methadone death spurs investigation, and Olympic skier Bode Miller is a "drunk yacht-dweller." MORE
By Tony O'Neill
Good news for opioid addicts: Reckitt-Benckiser has finally lost its lucrative monopoly on Suboxone. MORE
Police say take-home doses of methadone from understaffed clinics are getting sold illegally. MORE
More inmates than ever are now forced to withdraw cold turkey, a prisoner tells The Fix. MORE
Prescription drugs are a killer in Canada, marijuana arrests outnumber violent crime arrests, and Mob Wives star breaks omertà on her pill addiction. MORE
The New Mexico facility says the treatment is too expensive, but inmates and advocates call it a lifesaver. MORE
Opiate maintenance treatment is a tale of two cultures. People who can afford Suboxone get to keep their addiction private. People who are restricted to methadone clinics pay the price of stigma. MORE
The influential rehab's policy change will roil the abstinence-based recovery movement. MORE
A new study links opiate substitution treatments to a 54% fall in HIV risk among intravenous drug users. MORE
Medical intervention can dramatically increase recovery success rates. But without an attitude adjustment in the rooms and most rehabs, new and better drugs will remain elusive. MORE
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