Attending the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference, held in Baltimore this month, felt like being…
John* grew up in a family severely impacted by substance use disorders. He started using heroin at 15, and he…
As a teenager I was always anxious, to the point I never felt comfortable in my own skin. But that…
A chart book of blue national maps newly compiled by Pew Charitable Trusts is a powerful visual distillation of information…
Can you imagine that since the 1970s, the two federal agencies that control the methadone clinic system—the Drug Enforcement Administration…
I was going to the methadone clinic weekly when the pandemic began. That was the maximum at the place I…
The members of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) are outraged. This national organization represents the…
Momentum is building for legislation to broaden access to buprenorphine and methadone, the lifesaving medications for opioid use disorder. Its…
I got a distressing phone call one morning from a comrade in our local mutual aid network in Michigan. I’ll…
Peter Vanderkloot’s groundbreaking article—Methadone: Medicine, Harm Reduction or Social Control—hit me hard. As a social worker, I helped people who…