Data indicate prisoners who are offered medications for opioid use disorder while incarcerated were more likely to stay on treatment once they were released.
“We know that the first two weeks after someone is released from incarceration is an incredibly dangerous period when the risk for fatal overdose can be 120 times higher than that of the general population,” said study author Ben Bovell-Ammon, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine and healthcare delivery & population