Opioid addiction rates are at all-time high. Today, more people die of drug overdoses than any other form of accidental death, and opioid overdose rates surpass historic peak death rates from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), gun violence, and motor vehicle accidents. Dr. Russell Lee-Wood, Family Practice Physician, has been offering a Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program through Ohio Hills Health Services for the past 13 years and has treated over 400 patients for addiction. MAT is the use of medications along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat substance use disorders and prevent opioid overdose...
