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The treatment meant to save Niibin Pahpeguish’s life began to feel like a prison. After almost a decade battling an addiction that began with prescribed painkillers and later escalated to street opioids, she entered a treatment program in 2009. There, at a facility in Brantford, Ont., she was put on methadone, a drug prescribed to ease withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings. Part of a drug class called Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT), methadone is a critical and life-saving way to address addiction for many. Pahpeguish says doctors told her she could be on it for the rest of her life...