Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) are proven to save lives. Yet, too often, people who have contact with the criminal justice system are prohibited from accessing this lifesaving medical care. Such prohibitions on effective healthcare would be unimaginable if prison or probation officers were denying people with diabetes access to insulin. But because of the stigma facing people with opioid use disorder (OUD), MOUD is routinely denied. Recent litigation and policy efforts have increased access to MOUD in jails and prison. This Article argues that this litigation and policy strategy needs to be expanded throughout the criminal justice system, including to people under court supervision like probation and parole.

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