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Impacting Treatment Court Participants

Other Factors Preventing Treatment Access

For Entry Into Treatment Court

• Reincarceration, being unhoused, lack of insurance coverage, and unemployment are factors that pose threats to patients’ continued medication management.

• Political, judicial, and administrative decision-making affect the use and availability of MOUD in treatment court settings.

• Staff beliefs may influence MOUD policy.
• Staff attitudes appear more favorable toward extended-release naltrexone with lower misuse potential but greater potential for OD death than either methadone or buprenorphine.
• Rural areas face additional challenges

• Restrictive eligibility criteria
• Staff beliefs
• Concerns that MOUD is not a practical fit within the treatment court model.