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Jul 12, 2017
Treatment Here, Not Timbuktu
The Baltimore Sun
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Jun 11, 2016 Health officials try accommodating rather than punishing heroin addicts
The Baltimroe Sun
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Jan 4, 2011
Dime-a-drink tax can save lives and help Maryland's economy
Fox 45 TV
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Aug 28, 2010 Drug Czar praises treatment and prevention in Baltimore
When the nation's drug czar visited Friday, the recovering addicts at Tuerk House in West Baltimore did a little showing off. Those taking the culinary jobs training course whipped up a lavish breakfast. Those in the landscaping and maintenance program spruced up the grounds.
The complete...
The Baltimore Sun
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Apr 21, 2010 Prescription abuse: The Quiet Epidemic
Editorial
The Baltimore Sun
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Jan 29, 2010 Time to Stand up to Maryland's Powerful Alcohol Lobby
Editorial
The Washington Post
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Crime and Justice
Apr 14, 2020
Damage From OxyContin Continues to Be Revealed
New York Times
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Aug 29, 2019
Drugmakers' liability for opioid crisis could reach $150 billion
Drugmakers' liability for opioid crisis could reach $150 billion
CBS News
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Jul 30, 2016
Gamblers banned from Maryland Casinos Risk Arrest
The Baltimore Sun
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Drug Policy
Mar 30, 2022
Lawmakers: Strengthen Good Samaritan Laws to Address Overdose Deaths
Lawmakers: Strengthen Good Samaritan Laws to Address Overdose Deaths
Maryland Matters
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Jan 20, 2022
Expansion of Good Samaritan Law
Expansion of Good Samaritan Law Aims to Remove Fear of Seeking Help after an Overdose
Maryland Matters
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Nov 29, 2021
State lawmakers to weigh decriminalizing drug paraphernalia
State lawmakers to weigh decriminalizing drug paraphernalia
Baltimore Sun
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Aug 10, 2021
HOGAN ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION MORE TO FUND THE DRUG WAR
The Delta variant surge isn’t the only public health problem Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan seems to fundamentally misunderstand—there’s also the overdose crisis.
This week, Hogan announced $6 million in grants to fund the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN) and the Heroin...
The Real News Network
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Mar 23, 2021
Treat drug use as a health issue, not a criminal one
Treat drug use as a health issue, not a criminal one: decriminalize paraphernalia
The Baltimore Sun
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Mar 22, 2021
The Correlation Between US Overdose Rates and the Border Crisis
The Correlation Between US Overdose Rates and the Border Crisis By Dr. Dan Morhaim (Smerconish)
Sirius XM - Smerconish
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Mar 2, 2021
Let’s give people with opioid use disorder safe places in Maryland
The Washington Post
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Feb 24, 2021 Give people a safe place to do drugs.
The Baltimore Sun
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Apr 14, 2020
Ending the Drug War: Shaping the Future
Drug Policy Alliance
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Feb 26, 2020
South Philadelphia to become site of nation’s first supervised-injection facility
South Philadelphia to become site of nation’s first supervised-injection facility
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Dec 1, 2019
Opioid Orphans
With hundreds of kids orphaned by opioid crisis, this Maryland county has new outlook on trauma services
Growing up in a Cecil County trailer park, Ray Lynn has been shaped by tragedy.
Baltimore Sun
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Nov 19, 2019
The Latest Failure in the War on Drugs
The Latest Failure in the War on Drugs
People who provide the drugs that lead to overdoses often need help, not prison.
The New York Times
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Aug 23, 2019
Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs
Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs
The New York Times
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Jul 24, 2019 U.S. ignores opioid treatment evidence in favor of the status quo
The Baltimore Sun
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Nov 19, 2018
This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?
New York Times
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May 29, 2018
Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused
The New York Times
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May 1, 2018
FINDING ANSWERS FOR FLOOD OF MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CASES
Co-signers Patricia Miedusiewski of Timonium, Carin Miller of Frederick County, Beth Schmidt of Carroll County, Ginger Rosela of Calvert County, Lynn Miller of Harford County, Traci Boylston of St. Mary’s County, Linnea Sandkuhler of Baltimore City, Rob Zellner of Washington County and Debbie...
Baltimore Sun
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Jan 24, 2018
Opioid Hysteria Comes to Massachusetts Courts
The New York Times
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Jan 10, 2018
How to Fight the Opioid Crisis
New York Times
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Nov 28, 2017
U.S. House panel convenes in Baltimore to assess opioid epidemic
The Baltimore Sun
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Nov 5, 2017
Let’s Open Up About Addiction and Recovery
New York Times
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Oct 19, 2017
Drug Dealers in Lab Coats
New York Times
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Jul 12, 2017
Bring Addiction Treatment into Mainstream Care
The Baltimore Sun
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Jun 21, 2017
In heroin fight, focus turns to educating young people
The Baltimore Sun
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Jun 21, 2017
Massachusetts Doctors Vote In Favor Of Safe Injection Facilities
The Fix
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Jun 20, 2017
Republicans' Medicaid Rollback Collides With Opioid Epidemic
The New York Times
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Apr 26, 2017
Trump is not off to a good start with opioid addiction
The Hill
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Apr 10, 2017
Is Md. ready for 'heroin assisted therapy'?
The Baltimore Sun
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Apr 3, 2017
Let’s Go for a Win on Opioids
The New York Times
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Jan 25, 2017
Hogan proposes limits on opioid prescriptions to tackle heroin crisis
The Baltimore Sun
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Nov 30, 2016
House Overwhelmingly Approves Sweeping Health Measure
The House overwhelmingly passed a far-reaching measure on Wednesday to increase funding for research into cancer and other diseases, address weaknesses in the nation’s mental health systems and help combat the prescription drug addictions that have bedeviled nearly every state.
New York Times
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Aug 8, 2016 Maryland awards $3 million to fight heroin, but not in Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun
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Jul 13, 2016 Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis
New York Times
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Jul 12, 2016 Congress Is Voting on an Inadequate Opioid Bill
New York Times
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Jul 6, 2016 Congress Splits Over Bill Aimed at Nation’s Opioid Epidemic
New York Times
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Jun 23, 2016 State action limits opioid addiction treatments
The Baltimore Sun
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Jun 6, 2016 Sen. Cardin, health practitioners to discuss Maryland opioid epidemic in Edgewood
The Baltimore Sun
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Dec 30, 2015 Law enforcement's new approach to addiction in Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun
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Nov 23, 2015 Cut Sentences for Low-Level Drug Crimes
The New York Times
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Oct 22, 2015 Obama Administration Announces Public and Private Sector Efforts to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Use
White House Press Office
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Feb 26, 2015 Mental Health Providers Protest Budget Cuts
WBAL
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Feb 26, 2015 Reversing the Overdose Epidemic
The Baltimore Sun
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Feb 26, 2015 Citizens rally to restore behavioral health budget
The Bay Net
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Feb 26, 2015 Supporters of mental health, drug treatment providers rally for funds
Carroll County Times
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Jan 4, 2011
Study shows Marylanders favor increased alcohol tax
Gazette.Net
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Jan 4, 2011
Supporters of dime-a-drink tax hike believe they’re getting closer to victory
Maryland Reporter
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Jan 4, 2011
Md. Drink Tax a Win-Win, Say Supporters
NBC Washington
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Jan 4, 2011
Lawmakers look to boost the booze tax in Md.
WTOP
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Jan 4, 2011
Push continues for Md. alcohol tax hike
Baltimore Business Journal
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Drug Use
Mar 22, 2022
Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic, a Study Shows
Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic, a Study Shows
The deaths were up 25 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, amid heightened stress factors and delayed treatment, according to a new report.
The New York Times
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Jul 14, 2021
Drug Overdose Deaths Spike
New York Times
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Mar 2, 2021 A crisis on top of a crisis: COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic
Harvard School of Public Health
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Jul 24, 2020
Fatal Overdoses climbed to Record High in 2019
Fatal Overdoses climbed to Record High in 2019, reversing historic progress
Politico
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Nov 26, 2019
My friend and I both took heroin. He overdosed. Why was I charged with his death?
My friend and I both took heroin. He overdosed. Why was I charged with his death?
Washington Post
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Jul 29, 2018
Opioids continue to wreak havoc in Maryland — here's who is dying and where
Baltimore Business Journal
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May 1, 2018
Are restrictions on opioids a threat to human rights?
Fatal overdoses of prescription opioids were rare before 1999. Then doctors, influenced by pharmaceutical industry marketing, began prescribing them for chronic non-cancer pain. By the end of 2016, prescription opioids — not illicit heroin or fentanyl — had claimed 200,000 lives.
WASHINGTON POST
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Oct 23, 2017
Faces of an Epidemic
New Yorker
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Oct 12, 2017
The Bronx’s Quiet, Brutal War With Opioids
New York Times
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Sep 20, 2017
‘The Pills Are Everywhere’: How the Opioid Crisis Claims Its Youngest Victims
New York Times
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Aug 10, 2017
Short Answers to Hard Questions About the Opioid Crisis
New York Times
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Mar 2, 2017
Recovery Advocates Sought To Support Legislative Efforts
The Dispatch
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Jan 29, 2017
This Maryland prosecutor got the phone call every addict’s relative dreads
Washington Post
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Dec 6, 2016
As Harford's war on heroin rages, money to fight it becomes an issue
To look at the numbers, the heroin problem in Harford County is getting worse, not better.
The Baltimore Sun
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Nov 29, 2016
Five Harford heroin deaths in five days, but worst is yet to come, police and health officials fear
It was a grim Thanksgiving holiday weekend for police and families in Harford County, as five people died from heroin overdoses between last Wednesday and Sunday.
The Baltimore Sun
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Jun 14, 2016
People save and share leftover prescription opioids, study finds
The Baltimore Sun
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Feb 22, 2016 Opioids and Benzos not a good combination, health directors say
The Baltimore Sun
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Oct 22, 2015 Opiates Are Killing More People in This State Than Car Accidents. Obama Wants to Change That.
Mother Jones
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Oct 21, 2015 President Obama Says It’s Time to End the War on Drugs and Start the War on Addiction
MTV News
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Feb 26, 2015 Hogan Outlines Plan for Heroin Emergency
WBAL-TV
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Sep 6, 2014 Trying to prevent heroin deaths one shot at a time
The Baltimore Sun
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Apr 25, 2014 Confronting the Signs of Opiod Use Disorder--and Its Treatment
JAMA
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Nov 16, 2013
Addiction Treatment with a Dark Side
New York Times
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Feb 25, 2013 Maryland Can Prevent Overdose Deaths
The Baltimore Sun
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Education
Jul 31, 2017
Sparks for change: Open Society fellows have tested new ideas for Baltimore for 20 years
The Baltimore Sun
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Jun 16, 2016 Fighting the scourge of opioid addiction
The Baltimore Sun
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Sep 9, 2012
Gambling Exclusion is Gaining Ground
Voluntary program designed to curb problem gambling in Maryland casinos lets gamblers sign up to be arrested.
The Baltimore Sun
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Sep 13, 2010
Soros discusses $100 million gift to international human rights group, assesses foundation's work in Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun
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Health Care
Jan 21, 2021
State’s Public Behavioral Health System Struggles at a Critical Moment
Maryland Matters
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Jul 14, 2017
No meaningful progress on health care until you address these issues
The Baltimore Sun
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Mar 10, 2017
1 in 3 Americans is affected by addiction or mental illness:
The Hill
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Jan 17, 2017
How to Treat Opioid Drug Users
New York Times
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Jan 6, 2017
Let Opioid Users Inject in Hospitals
New York Times
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Jun 4, 2012 Maryland Making Progress on Health Care Reform
Maryland Parity Project
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May 11, 2012 Addiction Diagnoses May Rise Under Guideline Changes
New York Times
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Treatment
Jan 20, 2022
There is life after addiction. Most people recover
There is life after addiction. Most people recover
NPR
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Apr 1, 2021
These gamblers took dramatic steps to be barred from entering a Maryland casino again. Then they went anyhow.
The Baltimore Sun
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Aug 4, 2020
TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITY NEEDED
TELEHEALTH Flexibility needed Amidst Converging Mental Health, Addiction Crises
Maryland Matters
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Aug 4, 2020
Using Telemedicine to treat Opioid Addiction
Using Telemedicine to Treat Opioid Addiction
Getting medication long meant seeing a licensed provider. Now a strategy for evading Covid-19 makes treatment available via the web.
New York Times
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Aug 18, 2018
This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That’s Very Rare
New York Times
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Mar 27, 2018
Funding secured to open stabilization center for drug and alcohol users in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
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Jun 19, 2017
From Opioid Epidemic’s Front Lines, Filling In the Brutal Back Story
The New York Times
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Jan 6, 2017
Opioid users filling Maryland hospital beds and emergency rooms
The Baltimore Sun
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Nov 17, 2016
Fraction of Americans With Drug Addiction Receive Treatment, Surgeon General Says
Millions of Americans suffer from alcoholism or addiction to legal and illegal drugs, but only a fraction are being treated, according to a report released on Thursday by the surgeon general.
New York Times
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Aug 2, 2016 A complex epidemic of opioid addictions
The Baltimore Sun
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Jul 27, 2016 Naloxone Saves Lives, but Is No Cure in Heroin Epidemic
New York Times
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Jul 25, 2016
Advocates call on state to offer buprenorphine to opioid addicts in jails, prisons
The Baltimore Sun
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Jun 22, 2016 New Ways to Treat Pain Meet Resistance
New York Times
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Oct 12, 2015 Howard awarded $50,000 to combat heroin addiction
The Baltimore Sun
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Jan 24, 2015 Some correctional facilities treating addicts with medication
The Baltimore Sun
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Aug 31, 2014 Problem gambling center mounts campaign urging restraint
The Baltimore Sun
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Jul 6, 2014 A Different Path to Fighting Addiction
New York Times
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Feb 7, 2013 Drug treatment advocates protest funding cuts to Md.
Maryland Reporter
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Feb 4, 2013
Effective Addiction Treatment
New York Times
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