There's madness to our methadone regime

There has been no lack of media coverage of the current opioid crisis or sensational press releases from elected governments of all stripes (including the Trump administration). We have debated the root causes, the mistakes along the way and the solutions, into the ground.
Licit opioids – those prescribed by physicians for pain – are a mainstay in the relatively small arsenal of pharmacological analgesics available to us. As a newly minted resident physician with a few more letters a