“The stakes are life and death”: Addiction treatment’s Covid-19 challenge
The government eased access to drug addiction treatment during the pandemic. Now that could go away.
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced much of the US to lock down in the spring of 2020, officials and experts worried the necessary social distancing measures would make another public health crisis — the opioid epidemic — worse. Addiction treatment is traditionally done in person, and restrictions on gatherings and closed businesses would make it much less accessible.
