Baltimore first stop on federal drug treatment tour

Tuesday Apr 5th, 2016

Addicts at Man Alive Inc. and Lane Treatment Center get more than just methadone and counseling to treat their drug habit. They make ceramics, take writing classes and put on theater productions meant to assist them with their recoveries, and also get help finding jobs and housing .

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday held the Charles North center up as an example of the broad approach to drug treatment the Obama Administration wants to see more of around the country.

"We need more facilities like this that can take a comprehensive approach to addiction, which can understand addiction is not something that you treat and move on from," Murthy said. "It is a chronic illness, which means we need ongoing long-term follow-up."

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