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White house launches program to create recovery-friendly workplaces

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has launched a new program called Recovery-Ready Workplace. An estimated 20 million Americans are recovering from drug addiction. The new program would help them obtain and maintain a job.

We speak with reporter Lev Facher of STAT, the health and medicine publication.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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