Tag: methadone
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 ...
Methadone Clinics Step Up Their Backlash Against Reform
The members of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) are ...
Momentum Builds to Broaden Access to Methadone and Buprenorphine
Momentum is building for legislation to broaden access to buprenorphine and methadone, the lifesaving ...
“Administrative Detox” From Methadone Sums Up System’s Cruelty
I got a distressing phone call one morning from a comrade in our local ...
The Methadone Clinic System Needs Abolition, Not a Tepid Reform Bill
Peter Vanderkloot’s groundbreaking article—Methadone: Medicine, Harm Reduction or Social Control—hit me hard. As a ...
