NEW: @ACLU_Mass is suing Essex County, MA for failing to provide medication to treat opioid use disorder in its jail, as is standard medical practice. Essex sheriff dept just filed memo outlining reasons they do not provide medication. Read full text: aclum.org/sites/default/… 
It's RICH, but passage on p.5 particularly noteworthy. 1. Methadone "simply switching to another dangerous drug" [false], 2. Methadone is "responsible for nearly 1 in 4 opioid-related deaths" [false; methadone-involved deaths aren't 1/4 of ODs, almost entirely w/drug Rx for pain]
To support Sheriff's opposition to suboxone maintenance therapy behind bars, Memo cites a Youtube video of ppl INCARCERATED in its jail, directed to detail negative attitudes and experiences with suboxone. Never seen this done in court filings before. You?
