Nation Dec 17 Opioid crisis renews focus on expanding access to methadone treatment By William Brangham, Mike Fritz
Health Apr 24 Medicare doesn’t cover methadone treatment. Here’s how Congress may change that Federal money is flowing to states to open new methadone clinics through the 21st Century Cures Act, but despite the nation's deepening opioid crisis, the Medicare drug program for the elderly covers methadone only when prescribed for pain. By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press
Science May 27 Scientists trace cancer-causing chemical in drinking water back to methadone Methadone reacts chemically with a disinfectant used at a third of U.S. wastewater treatment plants to create a carcinogen. By Nsikan Akpan
Health Jan 28 Watch 7:28 Why a promising heroin addiction treatment is unavailable in many states More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington… By PBS News Hour