A half-century of methadone

“Public payments, private profits: A half-century of methadone in America,” the OC Register headlined. “In the 1970s, the US created a system of clinics to fight opioid addiction. For some, it works; for others it’s addiction’s ‘finishing school.’ And for many investors, it’s well-protected profit… but treating an opioid addiction with another opioid has always been a bitter pill.”