“For the first time, there is a trend toward expanding access to treatment in jails and prisons,” said Dr. Justin Berk, an addiction medicine physician at Brown University and the former medical director for Rhode Island’s Department of Corrections. “There’s this better understanding that if we’re going to treat the opioid overdose crisis, one of the high-target populations to treat is people in jails and prisons.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/politics/opioid-overdoses-prison-fentanyl-california.html
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
For the first time, there is a trend toward expanding access to treatment in jails and prisons
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