Methadone is a life-saving medication. But the current system for obtaining it — the opioid treatment program, commonly known as the methadone clinic — is punitive, unjust, and often humiliating. In this eye-opening book, social worker and journalist Helen Redmond takes readers inside the hidden world of methadone clinics, exposing the “culture of cruelty” that policies, punishes, and profits from those they’re meant to serve