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Saturday, May 05, 2018

Detox house hopes to fight Md. opioid crisis

WASHINGTON — A new kind of facility that hopes to fight the opioid crisis will soon be opening its doors in Maryland.

The treatment center, called Maryland House Detox, plans to open to patients by the end of the month in Anne Arundel County, an area hit particularly hard by the national epidemic.

“Our deaths are still going up and we’re using multidisciplinary approaches,” said Anne Arundel County Police Chief Tim Altomare, who participated in a recent WTOP panel discussion on the opioid crisis.

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