Look into a local methodone clinic. It isn't ideal, but she can do a 6 month detox, where she'd consult with a doctor on how slow or fast she should be weened off. Methadone has been used for over forty years to help those with dependency problems in there substance consumption. And, no, your wife's doctor should be sued for malpractice and discrimination against a patience's medical condition. Substance dependency is a medical condition. Opiate addicts should ideally be given treatment to help them overcome the awful and brutal withdrawals they must endure when they decide to quit or run out. My theory is that our elite groups, spread an ideology of opiate addicts to purposely stigmatize them and keep the cycle of addiction in circulation. Aside from the addicts who suffer tremendously due to this insidious condition, drug companies, private interest groups, and the process of transnational economic conquest will always provide us the issue of the drug problem.