The Case for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder during Incarceration as Standard of Care

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

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Anthony Tamburello¹ 

[1] University Correctional Health Care, Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry

关键词: medication for opioid use disorder;    prison;    jail;    standard of care;    best practice;   

DOI  :  10.29158/JAAPL.220080-22

学科分类：儿科学

来源: American Academy of Psychiatry The Law

【 摘 要 】

medication for opioid use disorderprisonjailstandard of carebest practiceOpioid use disorder (OUD) continues to be a pressing concern of wide importance, with each mainstream and professional news story about the problem including the latest record death toll from opioid overdoses (most recently, over 77,000 deaths in 2021).1 Beyond mortality, OUD is accompanied by numerous other forms of suffering, including legal entanglements, declining health, occupational problems, and relationship losses.

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