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Use DOGE to deregulate methadone as addiction medicine, coalition urges Trump
Advocates of addiction treatment say DOGE’s efficiency goals should include easing regulations that lead patients to dub methadone “liquid handcuffs.”
A coalition of advocacy groups including a leading addiction medicine society and a center-right think tank is pressing the Trump administration with an unlikely request: Use the U.S. DOGE Service to make methadone more widely available.
In a new letter to key Trump officials, the groups argue that the Department of Government Efficiency’s goal of deregulation should embolden federal agencies to relax many of the existing rules that have led patients to dub methadone “liquid handcuffs.”
