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New evidence shows that patients with opioid use disorder who are receiving medication-assisted treatment<\/a> are less likely to be arrested or incarcerated. The new research, championed by Elizabeth Evans<\/a>, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is sending a resounding rumble through the medical community who has historically focused on the health risks, such as overdose and infections, faced by people with the disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study published March 27, 2019 in the journal, \u201cAddiction,\u201d concluded that people receiving treatment for opioid use disorder with prescribed medication<\/a>, either methadone<\/a> or buprenorphine<\/a>, are less likely to be arrested and incarcerated than those with the disorder not taking the treatment medication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An article citing the study<\/a> states that these findings warrant further research, noting that providing methadone and buprenorphine in jail to those with opioid use disorder would likely reduce recidivism and save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFew criminal justice institutions have provided these medications during incarceration or in preparation for a return to the community, in part because there was a belief that these medications don’t reduce the risk of recidivism and might even increase it in some way,\u201d Evans said in the article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt turns out this is a myth; now, there’s evidence that continued treatment with either buprenorphine or methadone is associated with a reduction in arrests relative to no treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the research Evans found that less than 10 percent of people with opioid use disorder ever received the treatment medications, which are often needed to be taken long-term to be most beneficial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to be prepared to provide ongoing treatment, like we would with any other chronic health condition,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Evans is involved in an unprecedented, three-year project to study the effects of providing medication to 500 opioid-dependent detainees at two jails in Massachusetts and to connect them with follow-up care after their release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We at New Season are filled with hope in the promise of Evans’ current and future research, which very well may give people fighting opioid use disorder the addiction-free future they so deserve. 
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