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That Justice Health:
20.1. immediately amend the Justice Health Opioid Substitution Therapy Guidelines (OST Guidelines) to enable medical practitioners to prescribe opioid substitution therapy to women whose health may be at significant risk by being required to undergo opiate withdrawal; and
20.2. urgently review the OST Guidelines to ensure that all women with opioid dependencies are given access to opioid substitution pharmacotherapy upon reception to prison, including the option of methadone or suboxone and their long-acting injectable buprenorphine formulations, irrespective of the length of incarceration.