JCOIN Speaker Series: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings

This webinar was hosted by the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) on March 5, 2021.
This webinar discussed the FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), how addiction is a chronic neurobehavioral disorder, that MOUD works by attenuating positive and negative reinforcement, and the effectiveness MOUD for individuals with an opioid use disorder, and specifically for those in jails and prisons.
Presenters:
Tisha Wiley, PhD, Branch Chief, Associate Director for Justice Systems, NIDA
Peter Friedmann, MD, MPH, DFASAM, FACP, Chief Research Officer, Baystate Health
Faye Taxman, PhD, University Professor, George Mason University