The dawn of a new era is upon us, and that is the era of medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction as a first-line treatment. Ever since the first methadone clinics opened in the early 1970s in the U.S., nothing in medicine has been the subject of more stigma, controversy, misinformation, and downright mythology than methadone maintenance treatment (MMT.) The stigma against MMT is staggering and well-known, and it is the primary intent...