Find Methadone Treatment Near Mooresville IN
Many people suffering from opioid addiction don't want to quit. However, many are unable or unwilling to seek treatment.
Only 1 in 10 people suffering from opioid addiction receive treatment that includes these medications, despite the scientific evidence. A similar number of people get addiction treatment with or without medication, sometimes because they don't have any in their local communities.
In fact, the methadone treatment industry, which began in the late 1960s, grew more in the past four years than it has in the past two decades, said Mark Parrino, president of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Inc., which represents methadone treatment providers.
While Congress and the Trump administration were promoting greater use of the addiction medication buprenorphine to quell the opioid epidemic, a handful of states were licensing new methadone clinics in dozens of the nation’s hardest-hit communities.