{"product_id":"9780807024409","title":"Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGlenn, Melody\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings together the stories of two doctors battling the opioid epidemic half a century apart to reveal the origins of today's public health crisis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA call to remove the stigma against addicts, addiction, and treatment providers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Melody Glenn was a burned-out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realized how effective harm reduction treatments could be and set out to discover why they weren’t used more broadly. That’s when she found Dr. Marie Nyswander.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1960’s, Nyswander defied the DEA and medical establishment to co-develop methadone maintenance as a treatment for heroin addiction. According to some addiction specialists, its discovery could be considered as monumental as the discovery of penicillin. Yet, it still carries a stigma today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeftly weaving together interviews, media coverage, and historical documents, Glenn recovers Nyswander’s important legacy and reveals how the forces of racism, fearmongering politicians, and misinformation colluded to set us back decades in our understandings of opioids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Nyswander as her guide, Glenn also shares her journey through addiction medicine as she confronts her own personal and philosophical quandaries around bias, ambition, and saviorism in the medical field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the US continues to struggle with opioid and fentanyl use in communities, \u003ci\u003eMother of Methadone\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful reminder of the ways biases have prevented doctors from saving countless lives.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47417581207807,"sku":"9780807024409","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780807024409_s600x595.jpg?v=1779817521","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780807024409","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}