PS ECHO | February 9, 2023 | Reducing Crime and Overdoses with MOUD

By admin | February 16, 2023

PS ECHO | February 9, 2023 | Reducing Crime and Overdoses with MOUD

Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA, Professor for Alpert Medical School at Brown University, explains deflection as a prevention-oriented, upstream public health intervention in criminal justice settings. He describes public safety outcomes of linking people who commit crimes to effective treatments and explains the principles and elements of a deflection program as an alternative to arrest for people who have opioid use disorders. 

For more videos in this ECHO series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACFeXCNrxDu0RtZ72GRZbNAV9rZD42Z_

To find out more about the Center for Substance Use Training and Telementoring (c-STAT):
https://c-stat.uthscsa.edu/

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