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AATOD Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder

Mark W. Parrino, President of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Inc. (AATOD) shared a link to an important letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, dated April 10, 2014, which was signed by sixteen US Senators. The Senators are urging the Attorney General to work with all of the branches in the Department of Justice to utilize the federally approved medications to treat opioid addiction “in combination with counseling”. “Specifically, the Department should initiate a multi-state program utilizing anti-addiction medications to support successful reentry into society of opioid addicted offenders from various correctional settings.” He asks us to join him in supporting this approach and clearly the sixteen Senators understand the benefit of providing access to Medication Assisted Treatment for opioid addiction in the Criminal Justice setting.

Additional Resources:

• Letter to Attorney General Holder on Prescription Opioid and Heroin Addiction
• Legality of Denying Access to Medication Assisted Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
• RSAT Training Tool (Residential Substance Abuse Treatment): Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Offender Populations
• Einstein Expert Panel Report: SAMHSA’s Report on Medication-Assisted Treatment and the Criminal Justice System