Carroll County Jail Superitendent Jason Henry

Carroll County Jail Superintendent Jason Henry says providing medication-assisted treatment is the right thing to do. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)

OSSIPEE — Medications for jail inmates have become a thorny and expensive issue for the Carroll County Commissioners.

A jail inmate with a particularly expensive medication is costing the county $3,000 per day and will cost over $1 million if he stays a year and in an unrelated issue, the commissioners may be getting into a conflict with ACLU over drug treatment for incarcerated addicts.

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