tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post9082140183819810668..comments2023-10-05T04:44:25.174-05:00Comments on Addiction Inbox: Drug Addiction Goes Untreated in PrisonDirk Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-48882683581454727062009-08-11T22:58:20.880-05:002009-08-11T22:58:20.880-05:00Drug addiction is a pathological condition. The di...Drug addiction is a pathological condition. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behaviorDeepak:Addictionhttp://de-adiction.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-26061259732483198682009-03-25T11:27:00.000-05:002009-03-25T11:27:00.000-05:00C: Thanks for the link to the excellent article a...C: Thanks for the link to the excellent article about the appalling conditions for drug addicts in New York prisons. I may do a post on this.Dirk Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-65364594820513848372009-03-25T10:38:00.000-05:002009-03-25T10:38:00.000-05:00" Only 20% of addicted inmates get rehab"?? The nu..." Only 20% of addicted inmates get rehab"?? The numbers are appalling! I think prisoners with a drug-addiction problem should receive a path to rehabilitation. Otherwise both for the system and the community get affected, since the prisoner would return to the community unrehabilitated and unprepared for life on the outside... this is certainly counterproductive. Human Rights Watch just published a very interesting article about New York inmates with substance-use problems and the way the system is dealing with them. <BR/><BR/>http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2009/03/24/new-york-stop-sending-prison-drug-users-box<BR/><BR/>Check it out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-61609785870232001112009-01-22T17:40:00.000-06:002009-01-22T17:40:00.000-06:00Nicely put. I agree completely. Authorities aren't...Nicely put. I agree completely. <BR/><BR/>Authorities aren't going to make treatment available in prison if they don't really believe addiction is a treatable disease in the first place.Dirk Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-68316412487748388702009-01-22T17:28:00.000-06:002009-01-22T17:28:00.000-06:00The lack of methadone and Buprenorphine treatment ...The lack of methadone and Buprenorphine treatment for opioid addicted prisoners, and the refusal of jails to continue medication for established clinic patients--instead forcing them to go through mind bending, agonizing withdrawals--is immoral and unethical in the extreme. Many have died at the hands of such indifferent torture--and no other modern nation treats its incarcerated addicts this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com