"YOU got to be selfish. You got to do what's best for you," says Craig Hannah, a judge in Buffalo, New York, to the young man standing before the bench. "Yeah, I know," replies Patrick Bruno, "It's so hard." Mr Hannah runs the country's first opioid court. Mr Bruno, who has appeared before him regularly since the court opened in May, is struggling to stay away from friends who are still getting high. "They're not helping," the judge says. "I want you to show me you're serious."
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