The Trump administration’s approach to the opioid crisis has sometimes been clumsy and nonsensical. With that in mind, it seems the Food and Drug Administration is preparing to take a big step in the right direction.. it plans to widen the scope of medication-assisted treatment, or MAT. In a recent speech, the newly-minted Secretary of Health and Human Services, discussed the necessity of MAT, which combines therapy with prescribed drugs, that reduce craving and withdrawal symptoms.