Drug use and prisoners.

Drug use and opioid substitution treatment for prisoners

Drug use is prevalent throughout prison populations, and, despite advances in drug treatment programmes for inmates, access to and the quality of these programmes remain substantially poorer than those available for non-incarcerated drug users. Because prisoners may be at greater risk for some of the harms associated with drug use, they deserve therapeutic modalities and attitudes that are at l...

Drug dependence in prisoners.

Subjects, methods, and results In 1988-9 we interviewed a random sample of 1751 men serving a prison sentence (5% of the population) about drug use in the six months before arrest. Dependence on a drug was defined as in the previous study. Drug users were asked about previous contact with treatment agencies and their current attitude towards treatment. A question about drug use within prison wa...

Pattern of Substance Use and Related Factors in Male Prisoners

Background: Prisoner’s addiction is one of the major problems in many countries which imposes very high medical costs and social harm to communities. This study investigated the pattern of substance use and related factors in male prisoners in one of the prisons in southeastern Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2016. The study population was inmates of a prison in sout...

RAMADAN AND CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG USE

Gender differences among prisoners in drug treatment.

PURPOSE Nearly all prison-based substance abuse treatment programs have been designed with male prisoners in mind. Administering these male-oriented programs to women prisoners has been the standard correctional practice. Recently, this practice has received considerable criticism. Critics argue that female prisoners have special needs that are not met by programs originally designed for male p...