methadone
Canada sees dramatic rise in methadone patients as the opioid crisis worsens
Data obtained by VICE News shows that some provinces have seen methadone prescriptions double in five years. Healthcare experts say decriminalization of all drugs is needed to curb overdose deaths.
The Strip Club Accused of Drugging and Robbing Its Customers
After waking up with thousands of dollars charged to his card, one customer took a drug test and found traces of methadone. He was one of many men allegedly scammed by Birmingham's Legs 11.
A Much-Hyped Addiction Treatment Is Less Effective Than Older Meds
Despite what other headlines may say.
Another Way Prisons Treat Women Like Shit
Forcing women who just gave birth to detox drastically is inhumane and, experts say, medically unnecessary.
The best opioid addiction treatment is more opioids
Why treating opioid addiction with other opioids isn’t a paradox.
What Trump's National Opioid Emergency Should Look Like
The president should strip away the red tape preventing people from getting methadone or buprenorphine, which are proven to reduce opioid overdose.
This Is Exactly How I Became Addicted to Heroin
"It's not like I was living on the streets and robbing old ladies."
Doctors Are Ripping Tom Price's Absurd Comments on Addiction
More than 600 practitioners and researchers called out the health secretary's unscientific, stigmatizing views on addiction treatment.
Health Secretary Tom Price Recommends God as the Solution to the Opioid Crisis
Just pray the addiction away.
On the front lines of addiction as Canada holds its first opioid summit
It’s the morning rush at Recovery Ottawa, one of the city’s few clinics that prescribes methadone and suboxone for people addicted to opioids.