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Custody to Community: Expanding MOUD Access Across the Criminal Justice System - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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For general and media inquiries and to book our experts, please contact: pr@rstreet.org More than 500,000 people with an opioid use disorder (OUD) cycle through the U.S. correctional system each year. Recent estimates suggest that 40 percent of people entering the prison system meet the criteria for a drug use disorder and nearly one-third of currently incarcerated individuals have an OUD or are opioid dependent. Given these statistics, OUD is not an ancillary issue, but rather an ongoing concer
People With an Opioid Use Disorder Need Treatment Options - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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For general and media inquiries and to book our experts, please contact: pr@rstreet.org Millions of Americans are living with an opioid use disorder (OUD), and despite recent progress fighting the overdose crisis, tens of thousands still die annually. The harms of OUD extend beyond the individual: Over 40 percent of Americans report knowing someone who died of an overdose, and the health, productivity, and criminal justice consequences cost communities almost $1 trillion annually. Medications fo
Why Treating OUD with Medication is Not Just Replacing One Addiction with Another - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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For general and media inquiries and to book our experts, please contact: pr@rstreet.org In the United States, untreated opioid use disorder (OUD) contributes to tens of thousands of deaths and costs almost $1 trillion annually. Methadone and buprenorphine are gold-standard medications that have been used to treat OUD for decades. They save lives, improve recovery outcomes, and benefit communities as a whole. The catch? Because these drugs are opioids themselves, some people worry that taking the
Impact of Decriminalizing Buprenorphine Diversion - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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For general and media inquiries and to book our experts, please contact: pr@rstreet.org In recent years, the United States has witnessed a dramatic decline in overdose deaths, but the nation continues to struggle with multiple crises related to the use of illicit opioids. Estimates suggest that between 2.5 million and over 6 million American adults live with opioid use disorder (OUD). Despite recent gains in the fight against overdose, tens of thousands of individuals still die from opioids each
Comments of the R Street Institute in Response to the Request for Information on Chronic Disease of Addiction - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: Request for Information on Chronic Disease of Addiction Federal Register Document Number 2026-11602Submitted Electronically. This Document is Approved for Public Dissemination. Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Request for Information on Chronic Disease of Addiction. My name is Stacey McKenna, and I am associate director and a Resident Senior Fellow in the Healthier Communities departme
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