Impact of Urine Drug Screening on Retention in Treatment (New Aced It Episode)
This episode focuses on how clinics handle urine drug screening in their effort to tackle treatment for opioid use disorder. The episode highlights a study that examines how urine drug screening (UDS) practices in methadone clinics might be impacting patient retention rates. There is an emphasis on the fact that UDS happens to people, no more, no less, and substance abuse disorder is, at the very heart of it, a disease that needs to be treated.
Michener, P. S., Knee, A., Wilson, D., Boama-Nyarko, E., & Friedmann, P. D. (2024).Association of random and observed urine drug screening with long-term retention in opioid treatment programs. Drug and Alcohol Dependence,255, 111067.
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