Learn what MAT is and more…
While lawmakers saw it as a solution to the state’s opioid crisis, health experts in Steamboat said there is not enough evidence to say marijuana is an effective, or safe, replacement.
Steamboat Pilot, May 2019 – Gov. Polis signed a bill into law that will expand a medication-assisted treatment program to help people recover from substance abuse, including in Routt County.
File photo/John F. Russell
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law May 14 to help expand a Routt County pilot program into other counties to treat people with substance abuse problems.
Kratom, an over-the-counter substance often marketed as a health supplement for pain relief, was found to be a cause of at least 91 overdose deaths in the U.S. between 2016 and 2017, according to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published Friday.
