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SUBMITTER: McKenzie M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3278074 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McKenzie Michelle M Zaller Nickolas N Dickman Samuel L SL Green Traci C TC Parihk Amisha A Friedmann Peter D PD Rich Josiah D JD
Substance abuse 20120101 1
Individuals who use heroin and illicit opioids are at high risk for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other blood-borne pathogens, as well as incarceration. The purpose of the randomized trial reported here is to compare outcomes between participants who initiated methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) prior to release from incarceration, with those who were referred to treatment at the time of release. Participants who initiated MMT prior to release were significantly more li ...[more]