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                                    Drugs & Substance Abuse In Corrections - Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT)

      

                    
          
    Drugs & Substance Abuse in Corrections - Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT)
An Overview of Medication- Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders for Criminal Justice-Involved Individuals (2017)
      There is a national opioid epidemic and one intervention to help those suffering from an opioid use disorder (OUD) is medication-assisted treatment
    South Carolina prisons attempting trial run for new opioid treatment drug (2017)
      COLUMBIA - Inmates suffering from addictions to heroin and prescription pain pills may soon have new treatment options in South Carolina prisons.
    To Grow Market Share, A Drugmaker Pitches Its Product To Judges (2017)
      Philip Kirby says he first used heroin during a stint in a halfway house a few years ago, when he was 21 years old. He quickly formed a habit.
    Narcan: What Happens Next? (2017)
      **Using Narcan as a starting point for local and county corrections policies**
    ONDCP Webinar: Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Prison and Re-entry Programs (2017)
      Deputy Director Leary highlights examples of MAT programs that are viable and beneficial components of prison and re-entry services.
    Pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence in jails and prisons: research review update and future directions (2016)
      Incarceration is a relatively common experience among the estimated 15.6 million opioid-dependent adults in the world.1 In the US, it has been esti
    Opioid Addiction & Corrections (2015)
      Medication Assisted Treatment in the Connecticut Department of Correction PowerPoint presentation.
    AATOD Fact Sheet: Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Justice System (2017)
      Many publications over the last decade have documented the alarming increase in use and abuse of prescription opioids and heroin (Cicero, Inciardi,
    How America’s prisons are fueling the opioid epidemic (2018)
      *Prisons aren’t linking people to adequate addiction treatment - and many are dying as a result.*
    Postincarceration Fatal Overdoses After Implementing Medications for Addiction Treatment in a Statewide Correctional System (2018)
      As the epidemic of opioid use in the United States continues to shift from prescription opioids to illicit drugs, more people living with opioid us
    Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Prison and Re-entry Programs (2017)
      **Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Webinar: 1 hour, 18 minutes** Return to top

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