Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Warren J.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:07.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:42:57Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:42:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-07
dc.date.submitted2018-08-15
dc.identifier.citation<p>CommonWealth Magazine, June 7, 2018</p>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26972
dc.description.abstract$1.2 billion in taxpayer dollars will be spent on incarcerated individuals in the Commonwealth this year alone. Warren Ferguson, the board chair of the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, believes that spending a portion of this amount on methadone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorders, could have dramatic positive results on the 1/3 of inmates with narcotic addictions in Massachusetts prisons. Despite the 45-year long history of success methadone has had in treating opioid use disorders, the drug has yet to be approved for use in this state.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://commonwealthmagazine.org/drug-addiction/withholding-methadone-from-inmates-is-wrong/
dc.subjectBehavioral Health
dc.subjectJustice-Involved Populations
dc.subjectOpioid Management
dc.subjectPharmacy
dc.subjectCriminology and Criminal Justice
dc.subjectHealth Economics
dc.subjectHealth Law and Policy
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectSubstance Abuse and Addiction
dc.titleWithholding methadone from inmates is wrong
dc.typeEditorial
dc.source.journaltitleCommonWealth Magazine
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/commed_pubs/201
dc.identifier.contextkey12661403
html.description.abstract<p>$1.2 billion in taxpayer dollars will be spent on incarcerated individuals in the Commonwealth this year alone. Warren Ferguson, the board chair of the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, believes that spending a portion of this amount on methadone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorders, could have dramatic positive results on the 1/3 of inmates with narcotic addictions in Massachusetts prisons. Despite the 45-year long history of success methadone has had in treating opioid use disorders, the drug has yet to be approved for use in this state.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathcommed_pubs/201
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health
dc.contributor.departmentCommonwealth Medicine, Health and Criminal Justice Program


This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record