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Some good news on opioid epidemic: Treatment options are expanding

  • Written by William Greene, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Florida
imageGovernor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and unidentified woman at a rally in November aiming to destigmatize addiction. Joanne DeCaro/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

In the past two decades, the devastation associated with opioid addiction has escaped the relative confines of the inner city and extended to suburban and rural America. Due in large part to the...

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