Erschienen in:
11.05.2018 | The Global Epidemic (SH Vermund, Section Editor)
Opioid Use Among Those Who Have Criminal Justice Experience: Harm Reduction Strategies to Lessen HIV Risk
verfasst von:
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, David Cloud, Ernest Drucker, Nickolas Zaller
Erschienen in:
Current HIV/AIDS Reports
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Ausgabe 3/2018
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Abstract
Purpose of Review
We reviewed the HIV and opioid literature relevant to harm reduction strategies for those with criminal justice experience.
Recent Findings
Opioid use in the United States has risen at an alarming rate recently. This has led to increased numbers of people who inject drugs, placing new populations at risk for HIV, including those who have criminal justice experience. In recent years, there has been a gradual decrease in the number of individuals under the supervision of the criminal justice system. However, concurrently, there has been a rise in the number of individuals incarcerated in jails in rural counties that are at the center of the current opioid epidemic.
Summary
We provide a number of harm reduction strategies that could be implemented in correctional settings such as access and linkage to medication-assisted treatment, connection to syringe exchange programs and safe injection facilities (where available), and the repackaging of pre-exposure prophylaxis as a harm reduction tool.