Oregon jails struggle to treat substance use disorders amid funding challenges and medical staff shortages

Erick Kelly had one month remaining in his sentence for theft at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras, when a member of the medical staff offered him suboxone, a once-a-month injection prescribed to treat opioid addiction.

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