(TNS) The Big Sandy Regional Detention Center has reached an agreement with the federal government requiring the facility to ensure people with opioid use disorder receive access to their FDA-approved medications, required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
On Monday, U.S. Attorney Carlton S. Shier IV announced the agreement with the Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority, which operates the detention center. The settlement requires Big Sandy to revise policies to provide access to all three forms of FDA-approved medications — methadone, buprenorphine and Naltrexone — to people with opioid use disorder.
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