Jail MOUD program: county aims to use expiring SUBLOCADE doses before April
WCJC members heard that the jail's SUBLOCADE MOUD program has doses due to expire at the end of April; the shots cost about $1,500 each and the county has a $138,000 continuing grant to sustain the program going forward.
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WCJC heard that the Benton County jail operates a MOUD program distributing SUBLOCADE injections to people in custody. Captain Devaney said the county began offering the medication in August and has a stock of doses that will expire at the end of April; the county is seeking options to administer the remaining doses in custody or in brief community inductions before they expire.
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