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video report released last week by WCVB portrays "methadone mile"--the stretch of road in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts, where the effects of the nationwide
opioid crisis are on full display. Running by Boston Medical Center, one of the city's main hospitals, the street is home to a number of drug treatment facilities, a homeless shelter, and, yes, a methadone clinic.
The report shows us repeated pictures of people walking down the street, under the influence of drugs, suggesting that "addicts" are rampant in the area. It portrays drug users as a faceless horde who threaten the area and who litter the streets with drug use paraphernalia.
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