Replay: This Jail in Rural Maine Is a Model for Treating Opioid Addiction

重播:缅因州乡村的这一监狱是治疗阿片类药物成瘾的典范

The Opinions

2025-08-27

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Maine has one of the highest rates of opioid use disorder in the nation. But a program at a rural Maine jail initiated by an addiction medicine specialist, Alane O’Connor, is offering hope and saving lives. She’s spearheading a pilot program that offers a monthly injection of the drug Sublocade to addicted inmates, which curbs opioid cravings continuously for a month. In this episode, she argues, “jails are an incredible opportunity to help people enter recovery.” This episode originally aired January 16, 2025.
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  • My name is Elaine O'Connor,

  • and I'm the director of addiction medicine at Somerset County Jail in Maine.

  • For about three years, I've been running a pilot program at the jail to combat the opioid epidemic,

  • which has really ravaged rural communities, especially in places like Maine.

  • As an addiction medicine specialist,