Daniel D'Hotman and colleagues make important points that forced withdrawal from methadone causes predictable pain and suffering, is a disproportionate double punishment, and does not cure the addiction, and question why substance dependence is treated differently to other medical disorders. We suggest that addiction is treated differently owing to the stigma associated with the disease and its treatment. Addiction is fundamentally misunderstood to be a moral failing rather than a chronic relapsing brain disease.
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