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  • America's Other Epidemic: A new approach to fighting the opioid crisis as it quietly rages on

    Beth Macy

    May 01, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Batesville, Indiana

    To close a gap in drug treatment that often denies help to people who end up jailed, a hospital employee schooled in the strong evidence of effectiveness of medication-assisted treatment cobbled together a program using Medicaid funding and the cooperation of the courts and medical community. The program is rare in rural America. Though still small, the Courts Addiction & Drug Services program ended its first year with no overdoses, and only a handful of relapses, among its dozens of participants. In a region where MAT drugs are nearly impossible to get, the program is now working to expand its services.

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