The New York Times Narrated

An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?

Episode Summary

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/magazine/buprenorphine-opioid-addiction-treatment.html By Moises Velasquez-Manoff Read by Robert Petkoff Narration produced by Emma Kehlbeck Engineered by Zak Mouton

Episode Notes

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted?

To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/magazine/buprenorphine-opioid-addiction-treatment.html

By Moises Velasquez-Manoff
Read by Robert Petkoff
Narration produced by Emma Kehlbeck
Engineered by Zak Mouton