“Just fighting for my life to stay alive”: a qualitative investigation of barriers and facilitators to community re-entry among people with opioid use disorder and incarceration histories

“Just fighting for my life to stay alive”: a qualitative investigation of barriers and facilitators to community re-entry among people with opioid use disorder and incarceration histories

Abstract Background During the period of community re-entry immediately following release from jail or prison, individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) face structural barriers to successful re-entry and high risk of overdose. Few published studies investigate experiences in the immediate period (...

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Main Authors: Kim A. Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Marina Gaeta Gazzola, Lindsay M. S. Oberleitner, Anthony Eller, Lynn M. Madden, Ruthanne Marcus, David E. Oberleitner, Mark Beitel, Declan T. Barry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Subjects:
Methadone
Opioid use disorder
Incarceration
Re-entry
Qualitative
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-023-00377-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-023-00377-y

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