Rehabilitation Plus Rehab? Jails Dispense Drugs To Treat Inmates’ Addictions

(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News)

At a time when the U.S. government is trying to deal with a nationwide opioid epidemic, many jails across the country are only now rolling out medicines to help inmates overcome addiction. And most of those jails dispense only one of the drugs currently available.

Nearly 1 in 5 jail and prison inmates regularly used heroin or opioids before being incarcerated, making jails a logical entry point for intervention, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Continue reading article here…

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