“…However, the increase in availability of buprenorphine treatment has been accompanied by increased buprenorphine diversion (Bazazi, Yokell, Fu, Rich, & Zaller, 2011; Genberg et al, 2013; Lee, Klein-Schwartz, Welsh, & Doyon, 2013; Schuman-Olivier et al, 2010; Soyka, 2014; Yokell, Zaller, Green, & Rich, 2011), and related medical problems associated with its misuse (Auriacombe et al, 2004; Cicero, Surratt, & Inciardi, 2007; Daniulaityte, Falck, & Carlson, 2012; Ho, Ho, & Mak, 2009). Prior research identified that many opioid-dependent individuals who use diverted or “street buprenorphine” do so primarily for the purpose of self-medicating their withdrawal symptoms, and not to “get high” (Bazazi et al, 2011; Genberg et al, 2013; Hakansson, Medvedeo, Andersson, & Berglund, 2007; Mitchell et al, 2009; Monte, Mandell, Wilford, Tennyson, & Boyer, 2009; Schuman-Olivier et al, 2010).…”