#99 - Medication Assisted Treatment (Dr. Mark E. Shaw, D.Min.)

Author and addictions biblical counselor Dr. Shaw, D.Min., devotes this entire episode to discussing the pros and cons of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). 2:40 The tragic 2018 statistics about addiction overdoses and deaths. 3:30 Proverbs 23:19-21 5:15 Comparing the addiction epidemic deaths to overdose to the Vietnam Conflict numbers 6:00 Methadone and Suboxone 10:21 What are some of the positives of methadone maintenance programs? 19:00 Committed to sobriety - how can we tell? 21:45 How is behavior modified for addicts? 23:45 What is Dr. Mark E. Shaw's opinion of MAT - medication-assisted treatment? What does Proverbs 23:29-21 say in the context of medication-assisted treatment?