Season 4 · Episode 1
BONUS - Treating Addiction in Jails and Prison
Public Health On Call · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
August 13, 202113m 28s
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Show Notes
2020 marked a historically high number of overdoses with more than 93,000 deaths in the United States. A particular risk for overdose is recent incarceration, yet few people who are incarcerated have access to effective, life-saving treatment. Dr. Brendan Saloner, talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein on the urgency of jails and prisons providing needed care.