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Opioid substitution treatment (with methadone) in prison to reduce post-release injection drug use
Summary of the evidence
Opioid substitution treatment with methadone provided during incarceration was found in a systematic review (Moore et al 2019) to be effective in:
- reducing post-incarceration injection drug use (3 studies; OR= 0.26, 95% CI=0.12; 0.56)