“Sixty years ago, I was one of a small number of physicians who introduced methadone to treat, in an entirely new and intensely controversial way, a raging urban epidemic of heroin addiction. No longer in the news, methadone remains a widely misunderstood and underused part of the public health response to today’s opioid epidemic that is associated with fentanyl. Mani Mehrvarz has brilliantly told this story in a powerful way that humanizes and updates both opioid addiction and recovery. He puts methadone, almost forgotten now, front and center in today's drug abuse crisis.”

Robert L. DuPont, MD
First Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Second White House Drug Czar
President, Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc.