San Diego facilities fight opioid addiction with other drugs (fox5sandiego.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 3/10/177:18 PM

The prescription drug abuse problem in this country has reached such epidemic portions, treatment centers around the nation, including in San Diego, now have entire facilities or programs geared specifically toward opioids.

OxyContin started to flood the market in 2000, since then 3,492 San Diegans have died of opioids, according to the most recent report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner.

The McAlister Institute in El Cajon is one of the largest substance abuse treatment centers in San Diego. It’s one of just three recovery facilities in the county to take in moms and their children.

To read more of Jenn Karlman's article, please click here.

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