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Scott McIntosh

Column: He was a pharmacist addicted to opiates. Now he works with people in recovery

BOISE, Idaho — Jeff Middleton knows firsthand the challenges of being released from jail and trying to find a job — all while trying to stay clean from a drug addiction.

Middleton was a pharmacist and got caught stealing prescription opioids at work. He went to jail and lost his pharmacist license.

“When I came through the court system, there was really nothing going on for recovery,” he said in an interview. “I was an opiate addict and that was my drug of choice.”

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