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Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for opioid use disorder
September 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release:

NIH findings highlight critical gaps in treatment access in correctional facilities, where almost two-thirds of people have a substance use disorder.

A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of m . . .

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