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A North Carolina county wanted new court to stem its opioid crisis. Then came Trump’s cuts.

By Geoff Hing The Marshall Project Wilkes County, North Carolina, has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, but local officials have been open to approaches for making the crisis less deadly. They recently embraced a new strategy: a recovery court offering services, treatment and the potential to avoid prison. But, just as it was […]

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