Editor's note: This story was updated 4/30. An earlier version of the story incorrectly named Delaware's governor Jay Carney. He is John Carney.
For people addicted to opioids, the first time in detox isn’t necessarily the last. For Brian Taylor, the second time wasn’t the last, either — nor was the third, fourth or fifth.
The sixth time, though, was different. It has been nearly 17 months since Taylor, 33, walked out of his last treatment at the Withdrawal Management Center in Harrington, Delaware, and he hasn’t used drugs since. If the detox center hadn’t been so accessible — just 20 miles from where he was living, in the small town of Seaford — he said he may have lost his children, his family and even his life.
“I had a whole lot to lose,” he said in a recent interview with Stateline. “My back was against the wall.”
[For more on this story by Jen Fifield, go to http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/re...a-new-source-of-hope]
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