This is an academic paper that explores how methadone and buprenorphine capacity vary by race/ethnicity. Study findings show that counties with highly segregated black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx communities had more facilities to provide methadone per capita, while counties with highly segregated white communities had more facilities to provide buprenorphine per capita, highlighting the need for racial equity and justice.
Goedel, W.C., Shapiro, A., Cerdá, M., Tsai, J.W., Hadland, S.E., Marshall, B.D.L. (2020). Association of Racial/Ethnic Segregation With Treatment Capacity for Opioid Use Disorder in Counties in the United States. JAMA Network Open, 3(4), e203711.