Opioid Use Among Those Who Have Criminal Justice Experience: Harm Reduction Strategies to Lessen HIV Risk.
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep
; 15(3): 255-258, 2018 06.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29752698
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. 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.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Programas de Troca de Agulhas
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Redução do Dano
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Criminosos
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Opioides
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article