Mother of MethadoneBy: Melody Glenn Brings together the stories of two doctors battling the opioid epidemic half a century apart to reveal the origins of today's public health crisis A call to remove the stigma against addicts, addiction, and treatment providers Dr. Melody Glenn was a burned out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realized how