Episode

Rethinking How America Treats Opioid Addiction

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Cato Podcast
Published
May 5, 2026
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2412
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Summary

People call methadone a life sentence, a ball and chain. Cato's Dr. Jeffrey Singer talks with Helen Redmond, author of "Liquid Handcuffs," about how a Nixon-era crime control program became America's dominant addiction treatment model, and why it needs to be abolished. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.