@article{ref1,
title="Civil commitment for opioid misuse: do short-term benefits outweigh long-term harms?",
journal="Journal of medical ethics",
year="2021",
author="Messinger, John C. and Ikeda, Daniel J. and Sarpatwari, Ameet",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In response to a sharp rise in opioid-involved overdose deaths in the USA, states have deployed increasingly aggressive strategies to limit the loss of life, including civil commitment-the forcible detention of individuals whose opioid use presents a clear and convincing danger to themselves or others. While civil commitment often succeeds in providing short-term protection from overdose, emerging evidence suggests that it may be associated with long-term harms, including heightened risk of severe withdrawal, relapse and opioid-involved mortality. To better assess and mitigate these harms, states should collect more robust data on long-term health outcomes, decriminalise proceedings and stays, provide access to medications for opioid use disorder and strengthen post-release coordination of community-based treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-6800",
doi="10.1136/medethics-2020-107160",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-107160"
}