heroin treatment centers

the leading users in our area are 18 to 20 year olds. and help can be hard to get. addiction counselors say there's a lack of funding, shortage of employees, and treatment centers in the area. valley news team's maecy enger talked with people who

want to do something about it. "anywhere you go any city ... you're going to be able to find heroin meth anything you need to get within a short going to be able to find heroin meth anything you need to get within a short amount of time if

you know what you're looking for" heroin use is on the rise ... right here in the valley "i think people are using prescription drugs and when they cant find them or cant afford them they move to heroin" the sharehouse

program director says there's not enough resources to help people who walk down that path. "it really doesn't matter what time of year it is if there's a big bust or not, there's usually more than enough

people coming through that have addictions in the area to keep any addition center full" "the president of the sharehouse says it's hard to fund and staff treatment centers .. that's why a group wants to

bring a different kind of counseling to fargo ... similar to re-group in moorhead" "we will be employing recovery coaches" they provide free support during all stages of recovery. the non-profit "face

it together" will be funded by donations. "there's always hesitancy of not in my backyard we don't want this in our backyard" no matter the treatment center ... counselors say it's important to have community

support to help curb the cycle. in fargo maecy enger valley news live in the coming days, you'll be hearing more about "face it together"..... for now, there's more information online.... go to our

website at valley news live dot com just click on this story.