Opiate Replacement Therapy Rarely Available to Inmates: "Annie Turner
Recognizing a huge opiate-addiction problem among inmates, New Mexico is breaking new ground by extending methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) to local prisons. Across the country, however, few prisons provide MMT to patients.
In February, Bernalillo County, N.M., announced the opening of the nation's first public-health office inside a county jail, and said the program would pilot an MMT initiative as part of its patient services."
