AdvertisementOnly 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study findsAugust 07, 2023Brian MannfacebookEmailA person with addiction holds a bottle of buprenorphine, a medicine that prevents withdrawal sickness in people trying to stop using opiates, as he prepares to take a dose in a clinic in Olympia, Wash (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)