| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
USA. Methadone clinic lines and packed waiting rooms leave clients vulnerable to the coronavirus
USA. Methadone clinic lines and packed waiting rooms leave clients vulnerable to the coronavirus
One photo shows a long line of people standing close together while waiting for methadone at the counter of an opioid treatment program in Minneapolis last Friday. Another shows a crowded waiting room last Saturday at a similar clinic in Winston-Salem, N.C.
These images, collected by an advocacy group, show that many people are having to risk Covid-19 infection to get their addiction-treatment medication — weeks after the federal government relaxed rules that require people to show up at clinics every day to get methadone. (statnews.com, USA, 09.04.2020)
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/09/methadone-clinics-leave-clients-vulnerable-to-coronavirus/