A Joint Statement by the American Correctional Association (ACA) and ASAM support the use of evidence-based practices for the treatment of opioid use disorders for individuals within the criminal justice system.
Opioid Task Force
Medication-Assisted Treatment of Adolescents With Opioid Use Disorders
Joint Public Correctional Policy Statement on the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders for Justice Involved Individuals
The AMA Urges Removing All Barriers to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Postincarceration Fatal Overdoses After Implementing Medications for Addiction Treatment in a Statewide Correctional System
JAMA Psychiatry
Why It’s Inappropriate Not to Treat Incarcerated Patients with Opioid Agonist Therapy
AMA Journal of Ethics. September 2017, Volume 19, Number 9: 922-930.
Sarah E. Wakeman, MD