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Opioid addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder associated with criminality, unemployment, infectious diseases, and legal problems. Such addictions are typically over-represented in correctional populations. Inmates with untreated opioid addiction often relapse shortly after release into the community, thereby increasing the risk of overdose, serious illnesses (HIV, hepatitis C) and psychosocial problems (e.g., crimes, recidivism, and reincarceration). There are three U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder: methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. Opioid replacement therapies (ORTs) are associated with significant benefits, including reducing the incidences of HIV, criminality, and opioid-related mortality. However, most opioid-dependent Americans who are incarcerated are forced to discontinue ORT upon prison entry. This article offers a rationale for providing ORT to addicted prisoners while incarcerated and providing appointments with outpatient providers for continued treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the significance of dynamic pricing to hotels in the U.S. The term refers to pricing on demand, based on customer value and demand for hotel room inventory. Such scheme is widely used in hotel businesses because all factors that affect the industry are dynamic ranging from room offerings, competition and customer perceptions of value. This is important to hotel companies because its inventory is sold at certain price points and guests are paying different price points. To make use of the scheme, one must first consider demand forecasting and pricing system and the successful formulation of dynamic pricing solution requires a keen interest and attention to the company's organizational needs.