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by Change | 3 Mar 2009

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A new study has claimed that addiction recovery facilities for drug addicts in jail in the US are not adequate to tackle the problem

New research has suggested more needs to be done to help addiction recovery among drug addicts in US prisons.

According to figures from the National Institute on drug abuse (NIDA), many people who could benefit from addiction recovery treatment in US jails do not receive the attention they need.

Other research has shown that drug addictions are increasingly being linked to crime in the US, suggesting that more needs to be done in prisons to work with inmates to help them kick their habit and return to society fully rehabilitated, giving them a better chance of avoiding returning to a life of crime.

"Treating drug-abusing offenders improves public health and safety," said NIDA director and co-author Nora Volkow.

"Providing drug abusers with treatment also makes it less likely that these abusers will return to the criminal justice system," she added.

Earlier this week, research from the University of Kentucky claimed just ten per cent of young people in the US with addiction problems received the drug treatment they needed.

It suggested few adolescents entered drug rehabilitation programmes because of a lack of tailored services directed at their age group.

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