北卡罗来纳州LEAD计划通过用药物、住房和工作而非监狱治疗药物使用减少累犯和过量。 North Carolina’s LEAD program reduces recidivism and overdoses by treating substance use with medication, housing, and jobs instead of jail.

北卡罗来纳州Fayetteville的一项LEAD方案正在将吸毒障碍者从监狱转移到治疗、住房和工作,帮助Kayla等参与者通过药物辅助治疗实现长期戒酒。 A North Carolina LEAD program in Fayetteville is diverting people with substance use disorder from jail to treatment, housing, and jobs, helping participants like Kayla achieve long-term sobriety through medication-assisted treatment (MAT). 2024年注册接受治疗的居民超过30,000人,2025年人数有所增加,如Raleigh的Eric Morse医生等诊所为工作个人提供高效的MAT护理,即使他们检测街头阿片呈阳性。 Over 30,000 residents enrolled in treatment in 2024, with numbers rising in 2025, as clinics like Dr. Eric Morse’s in Raleigh provide efficient MAT care to working individuals, even if they test positive for street opioids. 尽管一些立法者批评只支持禁欲模式,但医学证据表明,MAT降低了过量剂量死亡率,而北卡罗来纳州过量死亡率近年下降了35%,这反映出作为公共卫生战略的减少伤害的转变日益明显。 Despite criticism from some lawmakers favoring abstinence-only models, medical evidence shows MAT reduces overdose deaths, and North Carolina’s overdose fatalities have dropped 35% in recent years, reflecting a growing shift toward harm reduction as a public health strategy.