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[Rogerthat1]

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson said he is against increasing Suboxone’s accessibility, adding he doesn’t allow its use in his jail’s detox program.

“Giving drug addicts medication is not the way to do it,” Hodgson said, noting the drug is “abused.”

John Birtwell, a spokesman for Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph McDonald, said although McDonald is not opposed to Suboxone treatment, there have been more than a half-dozen instances in the past decade of “illicit Suboxone being brought into the facility,” and he is concerned that could increase. Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian told WGBH last year, “Suboxone is the most smuggled contraband in corrections today.”

Bet Probuphine won't have this issue. By design.

Sheldon taking notes here?

[Doctor Detroit]

Hopefully, the Senators' petition will do some good.

As a practical matter, I think there are enough votes in the Senate to get legislation increasing the limit to 500 passed, but it's a "no-go" as far as the House of Representatives is concerned. The ugly truth is that it won't pass because, by increasing the patient limitation, the cost of medicare/medicaid will increase. Of course, if the mandated treatment was probuphine then overall costs would probably decrease, but nobody gets elected to Congress by favoring just one company (even if it makes sense).

The Department of HHS is already in the process of adopting revised regulations that don't require Congressional approval (doubling the cap, etc.). The final regulations adopted could include a higher number (e.g., 500) for the patient cap, but I just don't think it will. Politics.