Tag: methadone
The Tech Companies Policing Methadone Patients for Profit
Apparently, fingernails and hair create “layers of drug history.” At the Association for the ...
SAMHSA’s Methadone Reforms Toothless Until We End Clinics’ Power
The COVID-19 pandemic and record overdose tolls have continued to pressure the Substance Abuse ...
Lack of Person-Centered Research Impedes Rural Access to OUD Meds
Across the United States, people face many barriers to accessing medications for opioid use ...
To a US Methadone Recipient, Visiting Australia Was Shocking
Asking for help requires humility, but you shouldn’t have to humble yourself into the ...
Methadone Clinics’ Conference Felt Like Being Behind Enemy Lines
Attending the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference, held in ...
Studies Investigate Antipsychotics as Adjuncts to Opioid Use Disorder Meds
John* grew up in a family severely impacted by substance use disorders. He started ...
Benzo Withdrawal Terrifies Me. “Treatment” Keeps Requiring It.
As a teenager I was always anxious, to the point I never felt comfortable ...
A State-by-State Guide to the Cruelty of the Methadone Clinic System
A chart book of blue national maps newly compiled by Pew Charitable Trusts is ...
SAMHSA, the DEA Could Have Freed Methadone Any Time Since the 1970s
Can you imagine that since the 1970s, the two federal agencies that control the ...
Methadone, the Early Pandemic and the Terror of a Poppyseed Positive
I was going to the methadone clinic weekly when the pandemic began. That was ...
