methadone Archives - Reveal

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They Followed Doctors’ Orders. The State Took Their Babies.

by Shoshana Walter, Melissa Lewis, Najib Aminy, Ike Sriskandarajah, Nina Martin, Taki Telonidis, Nikki Frick, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Steven Rascón, Zulema Cobb, Al Letson, Brett Myers, D. Victoria Baranetsky and Claire Mullen July 1, 2023September 12, 2023

Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child welfare agencies that separate mothers from their newborns.

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Reproductive Rights

A Mother’s Worst Nightmare

by Shoshana Walter and Melissa Lewis June 29, 2023July 21, 2023

Federal law has put thousands of women on anti-addiction medications into an impossible bind: Give up your treatment or risk losing your child.

Health Care, Health Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

The VA’s pain pill habit

by Sam Ward September 28, 2013February 18, 2015

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the number of opiate prescriptions by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has skyrocketed. In some cases, the VA has prescribed drugs to known addicts.