| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Substitution in Haft
Take Home Naloxone: best practice in preventing fatal opioid overdoses for prison leavers
Take Home Naloxone: best practice in preventing fatal opioid overdoses for prison leavers
(...) People leaving prison are at the highest risk of overdose and drug-related death in the first weeks following release. This is likely due to reduced tolerance to heroin, increased purity of drugs compared to those used in prison and the tendency of some released prisoners to return to previous drug use patterns.Increasing the uptake of Take Home Naloxone (THN) amongst opioid users leaving prison (and in the community) can help reduce the number of drug-related deaths amongst this high risk population. (The Forward Trust, UK, Pulse#7, Juni 2019)
https://www.forwardtrust.org.uk/media/1891/pulse-7-final.pdf