Potential health impacts of comprehensive access to opioid use disorder treatment in United States correctional facilities: A synthetic analysis
Approximately 27% of opioid overdose deaths in the United States in 2022 occurred among individuals recently released from carceral settings. Expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder to people in custody and those recently released could potentially prevent a substantial portion of opioid overdose deaths in the United States.
Authors
- Rahul Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-2455)
- Christian E. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2699-9827)
- Keith Humphreys (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0694-5761)
- Jason Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-0421)
- Margaret Noonan
Institutions
- Palo Alto University (US)
- The White House (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addiction
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70170
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00