# Rethinking How America Treats Opioid Addiction

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Podcast: [Cato Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193)
Published: 2026-05-05T10:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/rethinking-how-america-treats-opioid-addiction
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## Resource

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.

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