The U.S. is in the midst of a heroin crisis. It’s estimated that tens of millions of Americans are addicted to some kind of opiate, with heroin overdose deaths reaching unprecedented heights all across the country and… You know what? This topic is so depressing that the only way we’ll get through it is if I call “heroin” by some other, friendlier name, like “Jeffrey.” So, the thing about Jeffrey is that he gets really angry when you try to stop being his friend and the best way to combat this is by befriending another, weaker version of Jeffrey (so… Jeff?), which here stands for methadone. I wanted to learn more about this process so I talked to Bob who works at methadone clinic, and he told me that… Continue reading
