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title: "6 Methadone Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [He's halfway sick and halfway stoned. He'd sure like to kick, but he's too far gone. So they wind him down with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taylor/he-s-halfway-sick-and-halfway-stoned-he-d-sure-like-to-kick-but-he-s/)

[James Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/james-taylor-2045_alcohol_he-s-halfway-sick-and-halfway-stoned-he_346760.jpg)

> [Even if nonpolluting power were feasible and abundant, the use of energy on a massive scale acts on society like a drug…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-illich/even-if-nonpolluting-power-were-feasible-and-abundant-the-use-of/)

[Ivan Illich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-illich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/ivan-illich-3546_active_even-if-nonpolluting-power-were-feasible_387451.png)

> [Welfare is monetary methadone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-carolla/welfare-is-monetary-methadone/)

[Adam Carolla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-carolla/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/adam-carolla-2058_methadone_welfare-is-monetary-methadone-856469_856469.png)

> [Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention and into maintenance. Methadone was cheaper than social workers, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dufresne/drug-programs-began-to-turn-their-attention-and-money-away-from/)

[John Dufresne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dufresne/)

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> [Opioid replacement therapy is the standard evidence-based model to treat people with acute opioid addiction, and that is unassailable according to every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-j-kennedy/opioid-replacement-therapy-is-the-standard-evidence-based-model-to/)

[Patrick J. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-j-kennedy/)

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> [I was on Vicodin, Valium and Ambien, and toward the end, which caused my overdose, methadone. I didnt know it was methadone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eminem/i-was-on-vicodin-valium-and-ambien-and-toward-the-end-which-caused-my/)

[Eminem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eminem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/eminem-415_first-time_i-was-on-vicodin-valium-and-ambien-and-t_3036833.jpg)

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