Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: 2018, 184, p. 57-63.
Keywords
illegal drugs
Methadone
pharmacotherapy
treatment
non-residential
heroin
treatment entry
prison
aftercare
throughcare
crime
infection risk behaviour
injecting
harm reduction
overdose
mortality
safety
detoxification
coerced treatment
compulsory detoxification

A Randomized, Open Label Trial of Methadone Continuation versus Forced Withdrawal in a Combined US Prison and Jail

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Keep Maintaining Opiate-Dependent Prisoners

From the USA, a rare randomised trial found in favour of continuing methadone maintenance when patients entered prison rather than compulsory withdrawal. The potential benefits were most apparent in the near-100% continuation of treatment during the highly overdose-prone weeks after leaving prison.