A drug addiction treatment center is coming soon to Battle Creek, Michigan to assist people in overcoming their addictions.
The company that is heading this charge is Recover Together, Inc. This drug addiction treatment center will be their first in Michigan. The company runs 60 treatment centers across six states.
Currently, four substance abuse treatment centers exist in Battle Creek, according to the 2017 National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Facilities.
Calhoun County saw 279 non-fatal overdoses in 2017, according to the Substance Abuse Council. It was revealed that 90 of the drug-related overdoses were from people in the 30–39 age bracket. There were 177 drug-related overdoses among men compared to 105 from women.
There were 138 non-fatal overdoses from January to April of this year.
Jeremy Carpenter, the executive director of Recovery Center, stated that their plan was to find drug treatment for everyone that needed it. He indicated that many of their patients came from long distances to receive treatment.
Treatment costs $65 a week and it usually features team therapy sessions and medication-assisted treatment (MAT), ranging from a year to two years.
Recover Together will open their drug addiction treatment center sometime in June.