Federal prisons are denying addiction treatment to people behind bars
Federal prisons are denying medication-assisted treatment to incarcerated patients suffering from opioid addiction.
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Denying medication-assisted treatment to incarcerated people with opioid use disorder is both unsafe and unlawful.