Brown: Expanded Access to Treatment in Prisons and Jails Can Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths by 31.6%, Study Finds
July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 23 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
The epidemic of opioid-related overdose death persists across the United States, and people released from jails and prisons are at particular risk.
While the benefits of life-saving medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) -- such as methadone, buprenorphine and extended-release (XR) naltrexone -- has been documented across hospitals and treatment centers, its uptake has been extr . . .
The epidemic of opioid-related overdose death persists across the United States, and people released from jails and prisons are at particular risk.
While the benefits of life-saving medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) -- such as methadone, buprenorphine and extended-release (XR) naltrexone -- has been documented across hospitals and treatment centers, its uptake has been extr . . .