Reason Foundation: Methadone Saves Lives. Why Does the System Make It Hard to Get?
October 03, 2026
October 03, 2026
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 3 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news:
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Methadone saves lives. Why does the system make it hard to get?
Only a fraction of people trying to access treatment for opioid use disorder have access to methadone, the gold standard medication approved to treat addiction.
Hanna Liebman Dershowitz
Senior Fellow
October 2, 2026
More than 44,000 people died from opioi . . .
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Methadone saves lives. Why does the system make it hard to get?
Only a fraction of people trying to access treatment for opioid use disorder have access to methadone, the gold standard medication approved to treat addiction.
Hanna Liebman Dershowitz
Senior Fellow
October 2, 2026
More than 44,000 people died from opioi . . .