Liquid Handcuffs: Policing and Punishment in Methadone Clinics and the Future of Opioid Addiction Treatment - Helen Redmond

HELEN REDMOND is a licensed clinical social worker and an expert in drug addiction and treatment. Redmond worked for over two decades with people who use drugs in both medical and community settings. She is a senior editor and a multimedia journalist at the online publication Filter and writes frequently about methadone; she has published pieces at Al Jazeera and Harpers. nRedmond co-directed Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone, which was an official selection of the Reel Recovery Film Festival in NYC and L.A.. and screened at events and conferences nationally and internationally. Redmond also co-directed Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19. Redmond is an adjunct assistant professor at New York University, Silver School of Social Work.n