Linkage with methadone treatment upon release from incarceration: a promising opportunity

• Published in: Journal of addictive diseases Vol. 24; no. 3; p. 49
• Main Authors: Rich, Josiah D, McKenzie, Michelle, Shield, David C, Wolf, Francis A, Key, R Garrett, Poshkus, Michael, Clarke, Jennifer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2005
• Subjects: Crime - statistics & numerical data; Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data; Hepatitis B - prevention & control; Hepatitis B - transmission; Hepatitis C - prevention & control; Hepatitis C - transmission; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV Infections - transmission; Humans; Long-Term Care - statistics & numerical data; Methadone - therapeutic use; Narcotics - therapeutic use; Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Opioid-Related Disorders - rehabilitation; Prisoners - legislation & jurisprudence; Prisoners - statistics & numerical data; Recurrence; Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data; Risk; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - rehabilitation; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission; United States; United States

Injection drug users (IDUs) are at increased risk for HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis, and making up more than a quarter of the incarcerated population in the United States. Methadone maintenance treatment of opiate addiction is highly effective at reducing drug use, drug-related criminal act...