[slg]

I am not aware of any doctors that would recommend using methadone permanently and and it is only legally available to be prescribed for ongoing substitution therapy by federally certified abuse recovery centers. So my analogy still stands. No one should be actively campaigning to grow the methadone market the way that people are for e-cigarettes.

[malkuth23]

The metaphor is somewhat flawed, but methadone is unfortunately often considered a life long way to manage an addiction.

[bfuller]

You'd be wrong. Opiate maintenance with suboxone or methadone is often understood to be a lifelong thing.

[nasredin]

AFAIK any MD can write a script for methadone.

[mjcl]

Only for pain, not as a part of detox/treatment. Source: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/faq/prescriptions.htm#rx-...