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Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis

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Brings together the stories of two doctors battling the opioid epidemic half a century apart to reveal the origins of today's public health crisis


A call to remove the stigma against addicts, addiction, and treatment providers


Dr. Melody Glenn was a burned-out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realized how effective harm reduction treatments could be and set out to di...