JCOIN Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Speaker Series

Advancing Health Equity: Conducting Addiction Research with Racial/Ethnic Minoritized Populations Dr. LaTrice Montgomery, a Research Associate Professor and Licensed Clinical Psychologists at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, will discuss the importance of conducting addiction research with racial and ethnic minoritized populations. Dr. Montgomery will provide strategies for conducting effective research with populations that…

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HHS Releases New Medicaid Reentry 1115 Demonstration Opportunity to Increase Access to Care for Individuals Leaving Prison and Jail

On April 17, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), released new guidance that allows states to utilize Medicaid funds to provide health care services to incarcerated individuals, including substance use disorder treatment. The new Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 Demonstration Opportunity would provide states…

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Supporting women in the carceral system: Working with community partners to best understand the needs of JCOIN study populations

The University of Kentucky Clinical Research Center (Kentucky Hub) of the NIH/NIDA-funded Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) is the only Hub nationally to focus exclusively on women.  The overall aim of the project is to increase access to medications to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD) among justice-involved women through telehealth linkages with community providers…

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JCOIN Holds In-person Steering Committee Meeting

For the first time since 2019, over 100 researchers and practitioners from the Justice Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN, NIDA U2CDA050097, PI: Faye Taxman, Ph.D.) gathered in-person to reconnect, celebrate wins, share updates, and further build the community of practice. In addition to members of the JCOIN Steering Committee and the National Institute on Drug Abuse,…

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Study Identifies Key Barriers and Facilitators for Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorders in U.S. Jails

Download the Fact Sheet (PDF) Findings from JCOIN’s Chestnut Health Systems Clinical Research Center  Transitioning to the community following incarceration is a particularly high risk for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), especially during the first two weeks of release. Substantial evidence shows that initiating medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) during incarceration and continuation…

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America’s Opioid Ecosystem

Opioids play an outsized role in America’s drug problems, but they also play a critically important role in medicine. Thus, they deserve special attention. Illegally manufactured opioids (such as fentanyl) are involved in a majority of U.S. drug overdoses, but the problems are broader and deeper than drug fatalities. Depending on the drugs involved, there…

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Webinar: Treatment Considerations in the Age of Fentanyl

Register Now   Wednesday, April 5, 2023 | 12–1:30 p.m. ET Fentanyl and other high potency synthetic opioids are increasingly present in the U.S. drug supply. Healthcare systems, treatment providers and justice systems are grappling with the physiological consequences of chronic fentanyl use and how its use may impact treatment. Presenters will discuss practical clinical…

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