U.S. Prisons, Jails Try Medication to Treat Opioid Addiction
P.M. Edition for Jan. 27. The opioid crisis has taken a heavy toll in the U.S., and the ravages of drug addiction are acutely apparent in the nation’s jails and prisons. Now more of them are offering programs that dispense anti-addiction medications to inmates. WSJ health and medicine reporter Julie Wernau joins host Annmarie Fertoli to discuss the story, part of the Journal’s series on opioid addiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices