Help is available for opioid addiction recovery

By Mimi Larsen Staff Writer

If you think you are the only one who needs help getting off the opioid addiction rollercoaster, you’re wrong. Right now, there are 1.27 million Americans receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) at facilities like Coteau des Prairie Healthcare System (CDP) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) in Sisseton. The fact is, help is available, locally, from non-judgmental people who will protect your privacy.

Opioid addiction is a chronic disease, like heart disease or diabetes. However, it is a poorly treated disease of epidemic proportion in this country, and has been for over two decades, ever since pharmaceutical opioids became the prescription of choice for acute or chronic pain relief. The massive quantities of extremely dangerous, illegal fentanyl smuggled into the country is also a factor. For more on this story and many more please purchase a copy of the Sisseton Courier on news stands now or purchase a copy of the E-edtion on this website..