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Jail Ordered to Give Inmate Methadone in Far-Reaching Ruling

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Nov. 28, 2018 -Some experts have estimated that up to a quarter of those incarcerated have opioid-use disorder. But most jails and prisons around the country do not give inmates access to methadone or buprenorphine, two medications that many experts consider to be the gold standards for treatment of opioid-use disorder.

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