In this episode, we speak with Chris Bender, Pharm. D. about medication assisted treatment (MAT) of opioid addiction. Chris guides us through the clinical, controversial, and corrections-focused aspects of MAT. If you don't know methadone from suboxone, you'll want to listen.

Chris Bender, Pharm. D. is a pharmacist with the Diamond Drug Information Center.

Links to articles referenced in this episode:

"Opioid Crisis Fast Facts" via CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/health/opioid-crisis-fast-facts/index.html

"Opioid Overdose Crisis", via the National Institutes of Health

https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis

"NH to start offering Suboxone treatments in prisons", via the New Hampshire Union Leader

https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/nh-to-start-offering-suboxone-treatment-in-prisons/article_c3804a69-865e-5c93-93e1-c87a6a541b9f.html

"There’s a highly successful treatment for opioid addiction. But stigma is holding it back", via Vox

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/20/15937896/medication-assisted-treatment-methadone-buprenorphine-naltrexone