Fewer than half U.S. jails provide medications for opioid use disorder: study

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Fewer than half of 1,028 jails surveyed across the United States offered any form of medication for opioid use disorder, according to a new study published on Tuesday.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, looked into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system. It found that two-thirds of people who are incarcerated in U.S. jails are experiencing a substance use disorder -- in many cases, an opioid use disorder.