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| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International

USA. Top Democratic senator launches inquiry into for-profit methadone clinics - Probe to examine business practices, treatment of patients at major chains. 

USA. Top Democratic senator launches inquiry into for-profit methadone clinics - Probe to examine business practices, treatment of patients at major chains. 

(…) As an addiction treatment, methadone is only available at roughly 2,000 specialized clinics nationwide that often impose stringent requirements for patients, like mandated counseling sessions, urine drug tests supervised at close quarters by cameras or staff, and, in many cases, the requirement that patients attend the clinic almost daily to receive their dose. (…) 

A 2024 STAT investigation showed nearly one-third of all methadone clinics nationwide are owned by private equity firms, and that in many states, clinics are highly incentivized to require frequent in-person clinic attendance instead of awarding “take-homes.”   (Stat News, USA, 27.08.2025)

https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/27/hassan-investigates-for-profit-methadone-clinics