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A “devastating epidemic” is the phrase used by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell to describe opioid abuse. Treatment for addicts continues to evolve. One approach, Medication-assisted Treatment (MAT), uses drugs like methadone or buprenorphine. Another relies on an abstinence-based treatment program. Which approach is the best treatment for opioid addiction? Is it the same for everyone?
Guests:
Dr. Dan Duhigg – addiction psychiatrist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
Don Coyhis (Mohican) – founder of White Bison Inc.
Joe Jenkins (Cherokee) – program sponsor and executive director to the Keetowah Cherokee Treatment Services
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