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| County jails move toward offering drug treatment behind bars |
| By unionleader.com- Kevin Landrigan |
| Published: 07/08/2019 |
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MANCHESTER — Federal rulings, legal activism and an explosion of inmates with opioid addictions are moving county jail administrators to do the previously unthinkable — providing anti-opioid medication behind the walls. A 2018 Pew Charitable Trusts study concluded less than 1% of the incarcerated got one of the three drugs known to help addicts kick opioids — Suboxone, Vivitrol and methadone — even though three out of four living in most prisons come there with a substance abuse problem. Instead, incarcerated addicts dealt with the physically and psychologically painful symptoms of withdrawal with sometimes tragic overdose outcomes. Read More. |
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It was very interesting to know about this treatment in the jail. I was actually looking for some good rehab near me as I don’t know anything about it. My search led me to this post and I actually really liked the content here.
i am glad to see the progress being made on this front. Hamilton Lindley