Access to substance use disorder treatment during COVID-19: Implications from reduced local jail populations

Many states have responded to the spread of COVID-19 by implementing policies which have led to a dramatic reduction in jail populations. We consider the benefits associated with providing the population of individuals who would, but for these policies, be incarcerated with substance use disorder (S...

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Autores principales: Aslim, Erkmen G., Mungan, Murat C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33138930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108147
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Sumario:Many states have responded to the spread of COVID-19 by implementing policies which have led to a dramatic reduction in jail populations. We consider the benefits associated with providing the population of individuals who would, but for these policies, be incarcerated with substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. We discuss problems that may prevent this population from receiving SUD treatment as well as policies which may mitigate these problems.

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