NIH R01 · 2025
Police Pathways to Addiction Treatment, Health, and Safety: The Police PATHS Study
Project Summary In the U.S., police officers encounter people who use drugs (PWUD) millions of times per year. Often, these encounters arise from unlawful behavior associated with problematic substance use, resulting in arrests that increase subsequent overdose risk and diminish other health outcomes. As an alternative to arrest on misdemeanor charges, police-assisted diversion (PAD) links PWUD with treatment and services, especially medications for opioid use disorder, offering the potential to reduce overdose, protect health, and address the addiction-related problems that can motivate unlawful behavior. To leverage this potential, police agencies across the nation have implemented PAD,…
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