An inquest was told by a leading doctor in addiction services yesterday that prisoners who are put on forced detox are at greater risk of relapse, overdose and death.
Dr Cathal O’Sullivan, Health Service Executive East Coast GP co-ordinator for addiction services, told Dublin Coroner’s Court that detoxing heroin-addicted prisoners was not an “appropriate” form of treatment.
The majority will relapse when released and a “huge proportion” of those will die, he said.
Source: Gareth Naughton, Irish Times, 05/01/2013
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