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Linkage with Methadone Treatment Upon Release from Incarceration

A Promising Opportunity

Josiah D. Rich MD, MPH The Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA; The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at the Miriam Immunology Center, USA  www.prisonertherapy.org
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Michelle McKenzie MPH The Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA; The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at the Miriam Immunology Center, USA  www.prisonertherapy.org
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David C. Shield BA The Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA; The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at the Miriam Immunology Center, USA  www.prisonertherapy.org
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Francis A. Wolf BA The Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA; The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at the Miriam Immunology Center, USA  www.prisonertherapy.org
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R. Garrett Key BA, BS Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Michael Poshkus MD The Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA; The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at the Miriam Immunology Center, USA  www.prisonertherapy.org
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Jennifer Clarke MD Rhode Island Hospital, USA
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Pages 49-59 | Published online: 17 Oct 2008
 
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Abstract

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 activity, and risk of HIV transmission. Recently released inmates are at particularly high risk for overdose and disease transmission. Linkage to methadone treatment immediately upon release from incarceration is a promising opportunity to combat disease transmission, facilitate reentry into the community, and reduce recidivism.

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