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Newshawk: Herb Couch
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/UslnpTnJ
Pubdate: Fri, 22 Aug 2014
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2014 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Author: Chris Kenning
HEROIN EPIDEMIC SPARKS HEALING PLACE EXPANSION
With heroin use continuing to outstrip Kentucky's ability to treat
addicts, Louisville's only no-fee drug recovery facility plans to
nearly double its capacity for men.
The Healing Place on Friday will announce a two-year, $20 million
expansion of its West Market Street men's complex, increasing detox
beds from 24 to at least 50 and long-term recovery beds from 250 to
426 - a move officials say is driven primarily by the heroin epidemic.
Karyn Hascal, head of the nonprofit organization, said once-rare
heroin has "overwhelmed" the facility and now accounts for 90 percent
of clients in detox and 60 percent to 70 percent in the recovery
program. She said waiting lists had grown so long they stopped keeping
them.
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MAP posted-by: Jo-D
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