by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9kebnp/americas-jails-are-pretending-the-opioid-crisis-doesnt-exist Comment; I can see both sides of the problem. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) IS the “gold standard” of care, but there is a large component of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2687993 Comment; This will be more costly in the short-term, but there’s a chance that it’ll be less costly in the long-term IF and only if the addicted folks involved are able to be motivated to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/10/627519801/behind-bars-mentally-ill-inmates-are-often-punished-for-their-symptoms DAVE DAVIES Roy Scott/Getty Images/Ikon Images By some accounts, nearly half of America’s incarcerated population is mentally...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/imprisoning-drug-offenders-doesn-t-impact-use-study-says-n774346 Jon Schuppe Sending more people to prison for drug offenses won’t have an effect on drug use and deaths, according to a new analysis released this week....
