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STARTING METHADONE IN PRISON IMPROVES POST-RELEASE TREATMENT UPTAKE
To avoid overdose on release, 'retoxification' of opiate dependent prisoners is on the policy agenda
in Britain. In this first US randomised trial, starting methadone maintenance in prison radically
improved treatment uptake on release, cut heroin and cocaine use, and may have saved lives. The
downside is that some prisoners who might have sustained abstinence on release find themselves
leaving prison dependent on methadone.
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