Legality of Denying Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment In the Criminal Justice System
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Mar. 27, 2012
ANNOTATION: “This report examines the prevalence of opiate addiction in the criminal justice system, its devastating consequences, and the widespread denial of access to one of its most effective forms of treatment: medication assisted treatment (“MAT”). Anyone involved in correctional health care should read this report. The report then analyzes the circumstances in which the denial of MAT violates Federal anti-discrimination laws and the United States Constitution.” Sections following an executive summary are introduction, factual background, legal liability describing the violation of federal anti-discrimination laws and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments; and conclusion.
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