Heroin Abuse Case Study
A Drop of Light for Duval County Inmates
Heroin abuse has been one of the national crisis today, especially with the significant increase of death cases compared to early years. Reviewing the statistics of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) back in 2010, it has tripled today with a whopping 10,574 cases. As per the books of Florida Medical Examiners Association in 2014, Heroin as the cause of death actually ranked fourth on the list nationwide. This is indeed a depressing truth and it is terrifying to think of our children’s future if this dilemma continues to happen. This common thought is not new with the Florida lawmakers and they just know that they have to act on it now.
Duval County Jailhouse is located in the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Jacksonville, Florida which is located in the downtown Jacksonville behind the Police Memorial Building. One of its missions aside from supporting the criminal justice system is to provide custody and treatment for the inmates to help them be better, productive citizens of the community.
With the alarming increase of heroin-related cases of the inmates housed at the Duval County Jail, the lawmakers launched in March the treatment program for those affected. The program aims to provide eligible inmates the medical assistance and counseling to help them get out of the hurdles of …show more content…
Its effect is to block the neurological impact of opiate to individuals and help their body control the need to take heroin. Vivitrol is known to be an extremely expensive antidote to opiate addiction, with a price tag of about $1000 monthly shot, but is sponsored and provided to eligible inmates of The Duval County Jailhouse by the state. The Jacksonville officers have strong belief that administering this medicine could do phenomenal change to the community as evidenced the success of implementation in other
Heroin abuse has been one of the national crisis today, especially with the significant increase of death cases compared to early years. Reviewing the statistics of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) back in 2010, it has tripled today with a whopping 10,574 cases. As per the books of Florida Medical Examiners Association in 2014, Heroin as the cause of death actually ranked fourth on the list nationwide. This is indeed a depressing truth and it is terrifying to think of our children’s future if this dilemma continues to happen. This common thought is not new with the Florida lawmakers and they just know that they have to act on it now.
Duval County Jailhouse is located in the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Jacksonville, Florida which is located in the downtown Jacksonville behind the Police Memorial Building. One of its missions aside from supporting the criminal justice system is to provide custody and treatment for the inmates to help them be better, productive citizens of the community.
With the alarming increase of heroin-related cases of the inmates housed at the Duval County Jail, the lawmakers launched in March the treatment program for those affected. The program aims to provide eligible inmates the medical assistance and counseling to help them get out of the hurdles of …show more content…
Its effect is to block the neurological impact of opiate to individuals and help their body control the need to take heroin. Vivitrol is known to be an extremely expensive antidote to opiate addiction, with a price tag of about $1000 monthly shot, but is sponsored and provided to eligible inmates of The Duval County Jailhouse by the state. The Jacksonville officers have strong belief that administering this medicine could do phenomenal change to the community as evidenced the success of implementation in other