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What PAARI has been doing to help people with addiction during COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Hunter Allie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32752
Subject(s) - addiction , covid-19 , law enforcement , enforcement , substance use , pandemic , opioid epidemic , addiction treatment , business , public relations , internet privacy , criminology , political science , opioid , law , computer security , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , virology , receptor , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The mission of the Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative (PAARI) is to build the capacity of law enforcement agencies to design and implement nonarrest programs that create pathways to treatment and recovery for those suffering from substance use disorders. Law enforcement officers are on the front lines of both the opioid epidemic and the COVID‐19 pandemic, and their efforts right now are more important than ever.