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5. Straight Life

The infiltration of drugs into Oz has reached scary levels, and the efforts of McManus and Glynn to find out who's smuggling backfire in a deadly way. Despite a lockdown, drugs continue to trickle in--and the blame shifts to corrupt officials.

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The drug epidemic grows as the staff's efforts to stop it fail. Schibetta sides with the gangsters and offers them a deal, only to find out that one of them is not who he says he is. Diane Whittlesey meets an old friend and joins him in smuggling cigarettes to make ends meet. Said is diagnosed with hypertension but refuses to take his medication. An anonymous tip leads to one of the officers' getting arrested for smuggling drugs into Oz. McManus and Sister Pete discover that Beecher has found a new addiction to kill his pain; Sister Pete tries to get him into counseling but with no luck. Schillinger decides to give him a makeover.

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