For many people across the U.S. who need methadone treatment, sheltering in place during the coronavirus outbreak is impossible.
With Appeal contributor Zachary Siegel, a journalism fellow at Northeastern University Law School’s Health in Justice Action Lab, and Lev Facher of STAT News.
Rather than separating families, child ‘welfare’ agencies should help families get access to the care they need.
Recent legal victories have spurred counties and states to provide medication-assisted treatment to prisoners struggling with substance use.
‘Worst policy imaginable’ punishes, rather than treats, patients who earn less than a dollar an hour, advocates say.