Such judgments are moralistic and start with an impossible standard for the victims but one they are expected to meet to be worthy. For instance, the standard may be maleness, or whiteness, which the moralists consider the right way to be. Those who don't meet the stand, for instance females or nonwhites, are inferior. The victims of the prejudice may become prejudiced to some extent against themselves. All of these conditions exist in the case of methadone patients.
Emotion often runs high in opinions about methadone.
For instance, by custom and law, San Francisco has the reputation as one of the real citadels of freedom in America. It is one of the few places that take freedom seriously. Minorities abound, and, for the most part, opportunity and harmony reign. Except for methadone patients. Some Examples of Routine Discrimination Numerous drug and alcohol treatment programs in San Francisco refuse to provide services to methadone patients.