NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings

(NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse) The National Institutes of Health will award 12 grants to form the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in criminal justice settings nationwide. The awards, totaling an estimated $155 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of NIH, will support the multi-year innovation network, including 10 research institutions and two centers that will provide supportive infrastructure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news