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NC prisons expand addiction treatment before release to curb deadly overdose risk 

By Rachel Crumpler Evan Ashkin, a family physician and director of the North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program, has long been concerned about people who are returning to the community from prison — especially people with substance use disorders. Nearly 80 percent of people entering North Carolina state prisons need treatment for substance use disorder, […]

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