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Promising heroin treatment unavailable in many states

Why a promising heroin addiction treatment is unavailable in many states

01/28/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Promising heroin treatment unavailable in many states

Clip: 1/28/2015 | 7m 28s

Why a promising heroin addiction treatment is unavailable in many states

More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington Post about the recent rise of heroin and the debate over addiction treatment.

01/28/2015 | Rating NR

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