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drug addiction treatment
Coverage of drug addiction treatment in the Nexus archive.
- Overdoses in L.A. jails fueled by long waits for drug addiction treatment, staffers say
Overdose deaths in L.A. County jails are increasing due to long wait times for drug addiction treatment, despite efforts to expand medication-assisted treatment programs. Jail staffers and inmate advocates attribute the rise in overdoses to these delays.
- Overdoses in L.A. jails fueled by long waits for drug addiction treatment, staffers say
Overdose deaths in L.A. County jails are increasing due to long wait times for drug addiction treatment, despite efforts to expand medication-assisted treatment. Jail staffers and inmate advocates attribute the rise to these delays.