Image
National News

Opioid Addiction Knows No Color, but Its Treatment Does

Noa Barreto travels to a methadone clinic in New York, Dec. 7, 2017. Opioid addiction treatment in the city is sharply segregated by income, according to experts and demographic data, with more affluent patients able to receive a new treatment directly from a doctor’s office while many poorer Hispanic and black individuals rely on highly regulated clinics. (Ryan Christopher Jones/The New York Times)