medication-assisted treatment

Methadone Rules Requiring In-Person Visits Are Putting Patients At Risk Of Coronavirus

For many people across the U.S. who need methadone treatment, sheltering in place during the coronavirus outbreak is impossible.

Elizabeth Brico Apr 15, 2020

The Appeal Podcast: The Regressive Pseudoscience of Our ‘War on Opioid Addiction’

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.

Adam H. Johnson Dec 12, 2019

How Child Services Punishes Mothers With Substance Use Disorder—And Their Children

Rather than separating families, child ‘welfare’ agencies should help families get access to the care they need.

Elizabeth Brico Nov 15, 2019

Drug Treatment Is Reaching More Prisons and Jails

Recent legal victories have spurred counties and states to provide medication-assisted treatment to prisoners struggling with substance use.

JB Nicholas Jul 31, 2019

Overdose In An Arizona Prison? Get Ready To Pay Up.

‘Worst policy imaginable’ punishes, rather than treats, patients who earn less than a dollar an hour, advocates say.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg May 03, 2019