New on the Streets: Gabapentin, a Drug for Nerve Pain and Another Choice for Addicts

ATHENS, Ohio - On April 5, Ciera Smith sat in a car parked on the gravel driveway of the Rural Women's Recovery Program here with a choice to make: go to jail or enter treatment for her addiction. Smith, 22, started abusing drugs when she was 18, enticed by the "good time" she and her friends…