Debate Over Drug Rehabilitation Center in Carriere

CARRIERE, Miss. - Aug. 30, 2018 - PRLog -- A company that is plannng to construct a drug rehabilitation center in Carriere, Mississippi is facing resistance from residents who do not want the facility in their neighborhood.

Crossroads Treatment Centers, a healthcare provider that specializes in opioid addiction treatment, has offered to create a new drug rehab center in Carriere, which would be the first opioid recovery center in the state.

Crossroads Treatment Centers has over 40 locations in nine states with the majority of its services being placed in the south. It offers medication assisted treatment (MAT) that includes methadone and Suboxone.

A plan to build an addiction recovery center has been obstructed by the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors by enforcing a 1999 ordinance that blocks the purchase, location and construction of halfway houses, sober living homes, addiction treatment centers or other businesses involving people with substance use disorders.

Because of this, Crossroads Treatment Centers has filed a lawsuit against the county in federal court stating that officials are discriminating against people with substance use disorders by enforcing the ordinance.

The lawsuit alleges that county officials blocked the walled the potential drug rehab center while also allowing drug abuse treatmentprograms that use faith and religion, to continue operating. Another note in the claim indicates that the closest drug rehab center that offers MAT is approximately 30 miles away.

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