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Mick Wampler, a 47-year-old disabled miner, measures out his prescribed methadone. His dose is a "take-home" from the Clinch Valley Treatment Center. He says he would have died of an overdose, as many of his friends have, were it not for the center. Illustrates MINERS (category a), by Nick Miroff (c) 2008, The Washington Post. Moved Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. (MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Andrea Bruce.)