A central challenge in the opioid crisis in the US has been the underuse of lifesaving treatment and harm reduction programs. Conventional explanations focus on limited access to care when services ...
More people are arrested in the US for substance-related crimes than for any other offense. Treatment courts are a judicial intervention offering a holistic, public health approach to substance use, ...
US opioid treatment programs had low retention rates in 2023, with a median rate of 61% at 30 days, dropping to 27.5% at 180 days, a new study of Medicaid beneficiaries showed. Even at the programs’ ...