Heroin treatment

Barbour didn’t like the conditions at the facility. He couldn’t sleep. He couldn’t eat. And the constant check-ins by staff drove him crazy.

HAVERHILL, MA – JUNE 3: Stephen Barbour sits up in bed while a nurse checks his vital signs, including blood pressure, while he goes through detox at Serenity at Summit rehabilitation in Haverhill, Mass., Friday, June 3, 2016. The center checks vital signs every hour, 24 hours a day. (Staff photo by Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer)

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