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Sober homes: Four views on drug recovery as new law takes effect

DELRAY BEACH — Officers walked into the house thinking it was just another overdose call.

This particular May morning didn't seemany different — in recent weeks, police said they had gottena lot of those calls — and the apartment complex in front of them seemed just like all the others on the block: somewhat weathered, otherwise unremarkable.

But inside, a woman was dead. Those who lived there told police the complex was a sober home for recovering addicts. They explained the woman had started using again. A lot of them were using again, they said, in the house meant to encourage sobriety.