A quest through California to find which addiction and recovery centers aren't using medication-assisted treatment—our country's best bet for beating the opioid crisis.
The DEA's rule change allows other health-care professionals aside from just doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, an effective—but potentially addictive—treatment.
The new treatment may help overcome some courts' lingering—and dangerous—aversion to medication-assisted treatment.
Buprenorphine has long been considered a gold-standard treatment for addiction to prescription painkillers or heroin.
