" The whole system needs revamped,” said Tracey Helton Mitchell, a recovering heroin user, author, and activist. “In the United States, we are very attached to our twelve-step rehabs, which are not affordable, not standardized from one place to another, and not necessarily effective” for the opioid-addicted. "

― Beth Macy , Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America