New rules should make methadone easier to get, but change is slow in many places

"For many people, Potee said, methadone works better against the potent new street drugs like Fentanyl and Xylazine. She calls methadone a miracle drug."

"Under the old rules you had to be in clinic for 90 days and you had to never miss a day to get one bottle. So that's a lot of perfection, to expect from patients, says Dr. Ruth Potee."

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