roizman tsa city's drug crisis at the time called for a strong response. d ( translated ): when we stope drug trade, the parents started to bring us many drug addicts-- 30, 40, 50 people a day, on chains, on a rope, in the trunk, half-rotten. nge moms and dads were wee down on their knees and begging "please do whatever you want-- just save them >> brangham: this h.i.v. positive man who wenugh the program says he was chained to a bed. there was no counseling. didn't tackle his addiction until long after he was released. >> ( translated ): well, it might've helped some, but the majority at that time went backward >> brangham: methadone, and other opioid-substitution therapies, like at this center in the u.s., are outlawed in russia. the world health organization considers this proven addiion therapy an "essential tool" in the fight against h.i.v., because it can stabilize a drug users' life, move them away from injecting drugs, and help them also stay on h medication. but this woman, who also went through roizman's program, said not only did they get questi

with photographs and last names. >> reporter: one of the public aogans of roizman's program w"" drug addic bastards"-- and while lawsuits alleging kidnapping and torture ceeventually ford the program to close, roizman stands by his approach and says he did nothing wrong. he says thousands got over their addictions, and he believes the critics have it backwards. >> ( translated ): the human rights activists, the abstract humanists said, "why are you talking like that about drug addicts-crooks? they are hums as well. they are people like you, but they are poor, unhappy, sick" my job was to ensure that children do not use drugs, and their job was to see that those who use drugs were treated well by society. they're entirely different. >> everywhere i've been in the rld where people inject drugs, the culture has rejected that uncoy. >> reporter: jon cohen has been "svering h.i.v./aids for over 25 years foence magazine," and he was our partner on this series. he says this harsh treatment of ctadn-- not seeing it as an illness-- only fuels the spread of h.i.v. >> the medical profession and