David FrankFeb 24, 20223 minGuest BloggersSome people like to shoot dopeIdeology and pragmatism in the film ‘Methadone: An American Way of Dealing’ People on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) are in a...
Jeremy MilloyFeb 22, 20225 minJeremy MilloyAn American Way of WorkingIn Methadone: An American Way of Dealing, work is everywhere. Dayton, Ohio, the film’s primary location, is introduced to us as a...
Samuel RobertsFeb 17, 202214 minMethadone MarathonMethadone: An American Way of ThinkingIn 1976, the East German government stole and repurposed for its own broadcasts a copy of Julia Reichert’s and James Klein’s documentary...
Emily DuftonFeb 15, 20227 minEmily Dufton“I envision the methadone clinic as we now know it disappearing”The promises and failures of methadone and LAAM I’ve watched Methadone: An American Way of Dealing five times now. Each time, I’m taken...
Joe SpillaneFeb 10, 20225 minJoe SpillaneTelling Methadone Stories: Men in TiesTime has a way of turning lived experience into memory and from then into stories that seem, by turns, improbable and fantastical (yes,...
Nancy CampbellFeb 8, 20229 minMethadone MarathonIntolerable Normalcies: Multiple American Methadones“To what extent can social problems be circumvented by reducing them to technological problems? Can we identify quick technological fixes...
Trysh TravisFeb 1, 20222 minMethadone MarathonThe Points Methadone MarathonWelcome to the home page for the Points Methadone Marathon! January marks ten years since the launch of the Points blog, and to celebrate...