{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S1 Ep. 5: The jail turns things around","description":"SOLUTION: Make incarceration an opportunity to get help and start healing. Make detox easier, get people with addiction drug treatment behind bars, and connect them to help as soon as they\u2019re released. STORY: Opioid withdrawal is like the worst flu you\u2019ve ever had. Now, imagine you\u2019re responsible for dozens of people as sick as can be. What do you do? We tour the Snohomish County jail, which has become a defacto detox center and where inmates used to die from lack of medical care. The jail turned things around, and today they\u2019re trying to make the jail a place of healing. This season we\u2019re in Snohomish County, Washington which has an oversized share of overdose deaths in the state and is now treating the opioid epidemic like a natural disaster. MORE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES: Snohomish County overdose and addiction treatment resource guide.&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/snohomishoverdoseprevention.com\/treatment-and-support\/ An article on other jails across the country that use medication-assisted treatment do it too.&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/commonhealth\/2017\/08\/08\/sudders-med-assisted-opioid-treatment-jails More about the Rhode Island prison system\u2019s comprehensive approach to opioid use disorder, which helped decrease the state\u2019s overdose death rate by 12 percent in one year.&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/10.2105\/AJPH.2018.304666 Research: Treating inmates\u2019 addiction behind bars can be effective in helping them continue drug treatment after they\u2019re released. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21955033 The National Institute on Drug Abuse presents evidence in support of using medication to treat inmates\u2019 opioid addiction. https:\/\/www.drugabuse.gov\/treating-opioid-addiction-in-criminal-justice-settings Research: Detroit found heroin users spent about $60 dollars a day on average on drugs.&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3115458\/ &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Finding Fixes","author_url":"https:\/\/www.findingfixes.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7056925\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/7056925"}