Politics & Government
Cody Pigman, 24, and Jonathan Salyers, 26, take a visitor on a tour of WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility, built in a renovated school building, Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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Residents work on cleaning up the courtyard and flower beds, and laundry hangs to dry in the background, at WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. Chores, structure and discipline are part of WestCare's treatment plan. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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Residents are assigned to groups and keep lists of chores, discipline and inspirational messages in their common areas at WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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Larry Garrett, left, Josh Shanks and Chad Witt, foreground, work on cleaning up the courtyard and flower beds, and laundry hangs to dry in the background, at WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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Shawn Clusky is a recovering addict who now works at WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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Christopher Thompson thanks the staff and residents as he graduates from WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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Residents laugh as new graduates are teased and roasted at WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. A graduation ceremony, complete with silly slide shows and dancing, happens every Thursday. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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Residents cook every meal at WestCare residential drug abuse treatment facility Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Ashcamp, Kentucky. WestCare, which houses about 88 men, is built in a renovated school building. It's been a decade since OxyContin burst into the state's consciousness as a major drug problem and raised awareness of the high level of prescription-pill abuse in Kentucky. (Dori Hjalmarson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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