Pittsburgh looked great on social media, but not up close

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To end our week, Patricia Herlevi writes in a first-person essay about how Pittsburgh seemed to dazzle on social media, but eight months living here brought misery and disappointment.

Also, people in custody, doctors and advocates say the Allegheny County Jail's current process of delivering medications for opioid use disorder could undermine recovery. Jerome Maynor shared about his detox in jail and how it led him to help people today.

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