Australia: Buprenorphine: Helping prison inmates to stay away from illegal drugs

Last year, New South Wales Corrective Services injected about 900 prison inmates a month with a view to keeping them away from illegal drugs.

Injecting inmates with an opioid called Buprenorphine, or ‘Bupe’, is intended to help inmates who have a dependency on heroin and other opioids – such as codeine, fentanyl, morphine and methadone.

The initiative follows a ‘successful’ clinical trial by the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network. Read more at: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/buprenorphine-helping-prison-inmates-to-stay-away-from-illegal-drugs/?utm_source=Mondaq&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=LinkedIn-integration

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