2 Drug Clinics Are Shut Here

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This file appears in: Nix Methadone Clinic

Federal agents raided the Nix methadone clinic in July 1971 and forced it to shut down. "If equal standards were applied to all clinics in New Orleans, all the clinics would be closed," Dr. Nix argued.

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This file appears in: Nix Methadone Clinic

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