The founder of LWCC, Frank H. Wotton III, had been collaborating with Doctors and organizations that pioneered Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid dependence and other addictions for two years until opening in 2012, learning the science of treating such needs with a partial agonist agent (Suboxone) and full antagonist agent (Naltrexone) treatments. In 2009 there were approximately 150 individuals treated with Suboxone in the greater Springfield area due to restrictions of 30 patients per provider and only a few providers. Frank Wotton’s private practice, Wotton, Desgres & Affiliates began to host frequent round table educational forums sponsored by the manufacturer of Suboxone as a marketing mechanism to promote and introduce the concept of this being an office based alternative to the traditional and restrictive opioid treatment, a full agonist agent (Methadone), that will prove to be a better controlled and less complex system than methadone.