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| Statewide program treats opioid use disorder in jails, prisons |
| By browndailyherald.com- Dylan Majsiak |
| Published: 03/15/2018 |
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The Rhode Island Department of Corrections’ medication-assisted treatment program reduced overdose deaths among recently incarcerated persons in the state by 61 percent and cut the number of overdose deaths statewide by nearly 12 percent, according to a recent study published by JAMA Psychiatry. The program, which began July 2016, treated 1,300 individuals afflicted with opioid use disorder in jails and prisons in its first year, according to Substance Abuse Coordinator Lauranne Howard. Now in its second year, the department is expected to exceed that figure, she added. The program initially grew out of Governor Gina Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force, which details how the state should reduce opioid overdose deaths in the next three years, said Public Information Officer of the R.I. Department of Health Joseph Wendelken. Read More. |
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