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For years, people who used drugs were treated like criminals, often given long sentences. Now there's growing acceptance that addiction is a treatable disease, but shame and discrimination linger.
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When patients need long-term treatment with IV antibiotics, hospitals usually let them do it at home — but not if they have a history of injection drug use. A Boston program wants to change that.
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The rate of illicit drug overdose deaths increased by more than 1400 percent since the beginning of the decade.
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Babies who are exposed to drugs in the womb are at increased risk of developing symptoms of withdrawal after they’re born. A new bill wants to improve their care.