A new study finds only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for U.S. teens offers a recommended treatment medicine for opioid addiction. Researchers posed as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose. They called rehabs and asked if they offered the treatment medication buprenorphine . It is the only medication approved for teens 16 and older with opioid use disorder. It works by reducing cravings so a patient can begin the work of recovery. The study was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Doing the Freud thing where you make up random shit based on what you kinda sorta feel like vibes the best and presenting it as some sort of objective unassailable truth