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USA. Mass. Has The First Jail In The Country That's Also A Licensed Methadone Treatment Provider
USA. Mass. Has The First Jail In The Country That's Also A Licensed Methadone Treatment Provider
It's 7 a.m. in the library of the Franklin County Jail, and nurse Jennifer Maillet is preparing addiction medications for eight men.
She mixes methadone with water and crushes buprenorphine. She puts the medication in each man's mouth as correctional officers stand watch. Every five minutes, Maillet checks each mouth with a flashlight. After three checks the men are taken to a washroom to rinse their mouths, eat a Saltine cracker, rinse again, and wash their hands. (wbur.org, USA, 12.11.2019)
https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2019/11/12/franklin-county-jail-methadone