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Drug Addiction Treatment

Christopher Irizarry, Vice President of Primary Health Care Services at Banyan Health Systems, explains abstinence does not necessarily work for everyone. He says medication can also be a solution for treating substance use disorder. He also points out there are a lot of social determinants in the environment people live in that can lead to triggering a person to relapse, and medication assisted treatment is an option that is growing.

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