OSSIPEE — After about two years of controversy, the Carroll County Jail will start introducing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction to qualified inmates who seek it starting in a couple weeks.
For roughly two years, a majority of commissioners blocked some inmates from obtaining MAT (involving drugs such as Suboxone and Subutex) to wean inmates off opioids, fentanyl and heroin.
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