RTI International: Jail-Based Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Reaches Previously Unengaged, High-Risk Populations
November 01, 2019
November 01, 2019
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Nov. 1 -- RTI International issued the following news:
Incarcerated people have a 129 times higher risk of dying from an overdose during the first two weeks after their release than the general public. A recent study on Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) programs implemented in a San Francisco jail found that its OEND program was able to effectively reach this largely inaccessible, high-risk population with life-saving trainin . . .
Incarcerated people have a 129 times higher risk of dying from an overdose during the first two weeks after their release than the general public. A recent study on Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) programs implemented in a San Francisco jail found that its OEND program was able to effectively reach this largely inaccessible, high-risk population with life-saving trainin . . .