Bloomberg
At least five state legislatures are considering bills to tighten oversight of methadone clinics after allegations that take-home doses of the drug are contributing to illegal street sales, misuse and deaths. Measures in West Virginia , Minnesota , Indiana , Pennsylvania and Maine , if passed, could increase costs or limit revenue for the nation’s largest methadone chains -- both of them backed by private equity firms: CRC Health Corp. is owned by Boston-based Bain Capital Partners LLC; and Colonial Management Group LP is in the portfolio of Warwick Group Inc. of New Canaan , Connecticut
