Why is methadone a controversial treatment?

Why is methadone a controversial treatment?

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From the very start, methadone was quite controversial. Probably because it was oversold as a cure and later on it was discovered that many people will only benefit from it, to some degree, and it is more care than cure, really. It was controversial because many people conceived of methadone as state delivered narcotics. It did not cure the addiction and with the expectancy of getting out of the addiction, it was seen as making the addiction permanent again. It did not see people not breaking with their families, not keeping up a job, not going to prison, and not partaking in risky drug related behavior, was a very very good benefit. People wanted the addicts off drugs and they saw it as not happening when people got methadone and therefore they did not like it.