This is an academic paper that provides an overview of the current state of joint criminal justice and healthcare interventions to address the opioid crisis that have been evaluated in the peer-reviewed literature. Few programs were found although they were found to be effective, highlighting the need for evaluating existing collaborative programs and the creation of new ones.
Yatsco, A.J., Champagne-Langabeer, T., Holder, T.F., Stotts, A.L., Langabeer, J.R. (2020). Developing interagency collaboration to address the opioid epidemic: A scoping review of joint criminal justice and healthcare initiatives. International Journal of Drug Policy, 83, 102849.