Promising heroin treatment unavailable in many states

Name: Promising heroin treatment unavailable in many states
Uploaded: 2015-01-28T23:38:16Z
Duration: P448S
Description: More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington Post about the recent rise of heroin and the debate over addiction treatment.

Clip: 01/28/2015 | 7m 28s

More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington Post about the recent rise of heroin and the debate over addiction treatment.

Aired: 01/28/15

Rating: NR

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