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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carla K. Johnson

Few rehab centers for addicted teens offer recommended medicine, US study finds

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medicine for opioid addiction, according to a study that exposes an important gap in care.

Posing as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose, researchers called U.S. rehabs and asked if they offered the treatment medication buprenorphine.

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