Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Opiate Replacement Therapy Rarely Available to Inmates
Feauture article at JoinTogether - "Recognizing a huge opiate-addiction problem among inmates, New Mexico is breaking new ground by extending methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) to local prisons. Across the country, however, few prisons provide MMT to patients. In February, Bernalillo County, N.M., announced the opening of the nation's first public-health office inside a county jail, and said the program would pilot an MMT initiative as part of its patient services. One month later, the New Mexico Medical Society became the only statewide medical society to endorse prison and jail-based opioid-replacement treatment.."