Meetings set on on medical-assisted opioid treatment

People will have three opportunities Monday to attend a presentation intended to shed light on controversial medication-assisted opioid treatment.

Bullhook Community Health Center will present  Dr. Bruce G. Trigg, MD, Dr. Greg Holzman and the state Addictive and Mental Disorders Division team to talk about the method of using medication to help patients break the chains of addiction.

Opioid abuse is a serious public health issue. Drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, according to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. Hill County’s co...