Methadone Pioneer Nix Ends Program, Hits Raids

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Dr. James T. Nix, Jr. gave up his work with methadone after the July 1971 raid. The Nix clinic never reopened. "The reason we were closed -- I feel -- was we were too successful. We were closed by the Food and Drug Administration that believes a drug of 25 years' use is a new investigational drug," Dr. Nix noted.

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