There weren’t always strollers jamming the lobby of First Step Home, one of this city’s growing number of drug treatment centers. Neeley came to First Step Home in March with her 2-year-old daughter seeking help for a decade-long addiction to pain medications and heroin. “It would essentially write off a generation,” said Dr. Shawn Ryan, president of BrightView Health, a network of drug treatment clinics in Cincinnati. A year of treatment, including medications, medical appointments and counseling, can cost tens of thousands of dollars or more. Such high costs once discouraged many patients from even seeking care.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 21, 2017 11:32 UTC