Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new study found.

Minnesota is seeking a Medicaid waiver to help cover incarcerated people’s health care, including substance use treatment, and has a new workgroup focused on the problem.

Opioid use disorder can be a contributing factor to Americans landing in the nation's prisons and jails, but those inmates typically have no access to medications that could help wean them off the drugs.

Few U.S. jails offer medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according to a study published online Sept. 24 in JAMA Network Open. Elizabeth Flanagan Balawajder, M.P.H., from NORC at the University of Chicago,

Despite two-thirds of incarcerated people having substance use disorder, a new study reveals a lack of therapy options.