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Enlarge this image David Cave, a recovery coach who is part of an addiction specialty team at Salem Hospital, north of Boston,…

Enlarge this image The Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center in Plymouth houses men for court-mandated addiction treatment. Robin Lubbock/WBUR hide caption…

HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 28, 2018 (HealthDay News) — In the past two decades, opioid overdose death rates among U.S. kids and…

HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Infants born addicted to opioids may be more likely to have smaller heads…

HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) — It’s not standard practice in the United States, but supervised access to medical-grade…

Enlarge this image Barb Williamson runs several sobriety houses in Pennsylvania, commercially run homes where residents support each other in their recovery…

HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Increasingly, people addicted to opioid painkillers are using dangerously high doses of the…

Enlarge this image The shelter at Houston’s Convention Center, seen here Aug. 29, isn’t equipped to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse.…