CLARK COUNTY (KTNV) — A new program aims to break the cycle of addiction and incarceration in Clark County.

We're getting a look at the preliminary results, which officials say look promising. How LVMPD and partners are working to break the cycle of incarceration and addiction

The medication-assisted treatment, or MAT program, began in February of 2024 at the Clark County Detention Center.

It starts in the jail, offering struggling inmates access to substance use treatments. But it doesn't stop there; after they're released from custody, they're connected to the nonprofit Vegas Stronger , which offers continued treatment and wraparound services like mental health support.

Vegas Stronger and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Detention Services Division just released in

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