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Ok, so I don't know a ton about this, but it feels like the wrong solution. We know how to effectively treat opioid addiction through things like methadone or m

Ok, so I don't know a ton about this, but it feels like the wrong solution. We know how to effectively treat opioid addiction through things like methadone or more modern equivalents, and those can be broadly deployed across the country. We also desperately need policy changes and huge, huge changes to how these things are prescribed (which this won't help). Unfortunately, these things are decidedly low-tech solutions so there can't be nice articles in the verge about them.

lawrenceyan 8y ago
Methadone is definitively not the answer. All that does is transfer the addiction to something else in addition to forcing people into a lifetime of payment for that transferred addiction to pharmaceutical companies. This is exactly why something like what Verily is doing is absolutely great in my opinion. There exists methodologies to break down addiction that do not rely on substance transferrance, and all we need to do is get a large enough sample set to identify and distill these trends into a working methodology.
- rowaway234 8y ago
  Methadone is a very good answer although there is a lot of bad news about here and there- mostly on the internet. Methadone allows addicted people to control that addiction and reduce thier needed dosage milligram by milligram without feeling withdrawal pain. Methadone clinics are a great thing to know about just in case. If you read this and you understand about opiod addiction or even if you have just picked up a new habit, or know someone who has- send them to the nearest methadone clinic and I guarantee that the clinic will be able to help them to " live life again"
  - lawrenceyan 8y ago
    That is definitely the picture they try and sell you, I don’t disagree with you about that. Look at the statistics on successful methadone withdrawal and their timespans though. Since you’re a throwaway account, I’m sure you probably won’t respond, but I encourage anyone interested in taking a look at the figures for yourself. The reality is that methadone is much more profitable than it is successful at curing patients of drug addiction.

lawrenceyan 8y ago

Methadone is definitively not the answer. All that does is transfer the addiction to something else in addition to forcing people into a lifetime of payment for that transferred addiction to pharmaceutical companies. This is exactly why something like what Verily is doing is absolutely great in my opinion. There exists methodologies to break down addiction that do not rely on substance transferrance, and all we need to do is get a large enough sample set to identify and distill these trends into a working methodology.

rowaway234 8y ago
Methadone is a very good answer although there is a lot of bad news about here and there- mostly on the internet. Methadone allows addicted people to control that addiction and reduce thier needed dosage milligram by milligram without feeling withdrawal pain. Methadone clinics are a great thing to know about just in case. If you read this and you understand about opiod addiction or even if you have just picked up a new habit, or know someone who has- send them to the nearest methadone clinic and I guarantee that the clinic will be able to help them to " live life again"
- lawrenceyan 8y ago
  That is definitely the picture they try and sell you, I don’t disagree with you about that. Look at the statistics on successful methadone withdrawal and their timespans though. Since you’re a throwaway account, I’m sure you probably won’t respond, but I encourage anyone interested in taking a look at the figures for yourself. The reality is that methadone is much more profitable than it is successful at curing patients of drug addiction.