Commentary: Easier access to methadone would prevent more deaths from the opioid crisis
by Susan Calcaterra, Chicago Tribune
Apr 08, 2022
3 minutes
We long ago lost the war on drugs. It’s time to make a tried-and-true change to methadone access for people who use opioids.
I met a man I’ll call Mr. R on my hospital rounds. He had been hospitalized after being found unconscious at home. Decades of cigarette use meant he was on oxygen to prevent suffocation. Mr. R also had pain, emotional and physical, as a result of time he spent in the Army. Every day, Mr. R injected
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