The Opioid Fix: America’s Addiction Crisis and the Solution They Don’t Want You to Have
What happens when an effective medical treatment exists, but the system surrounding addiction makes it unusually difficult to receive?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using The Opioid Fix: America’s Addiction Crisis and the Solution They Don’t Want You to Have by Barbara Andraka-Christou as our lens, this Deep Dive investigates why medications for opioid addiction remain stigmatized, restricted, and underused despite substantial evidence supporting their effectiveness.
Andraka-Christou examines buprenorphine, methadone, and extended-release…
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