(Red Oak) -Montgomery county officials blessed local drug abuse treatment programs.
On Tuesday morning, the Montgomery County supervisor approved the allocation so that it would not exceed $ 3,000 per month. Elasticity recovery consultationVillisca -based recovery treatment program. The long -term addiction counselor Richard Mullen is leading the program for Montgomery County residents with the goal of expanding the program to Page County. Mullen says both counties will benefit from the treatment results of the center.
“Alcohol is still a major cause of addiction in the southwestern part of Iowa.” People with other diseases and other diseases that occur with alcohol, the outbreak of opium or drug use, or the use of drugs. “
Mullen says this program provides, for example, provides other long -term support, such as computer technology and resume buildings. He also hopes to work with an imprisoned individual.
“We want to have a good re -integration plan for them,” he said. “How can we prevent us from trying to relocate them, re -arrest and re -criminalism, how to experience them, gain them, provide resistance, and restore them?”
Charla Schmidt, the supervisor, expressed concern that the recovery recovery counseling would take away from the Zion Recovery Treatment Center, which has a long history in Iowa. But the Alex Burton supervisor says the program is different from Zion.
“The core of your heart will always be inpatient or around it,” Burton said. But you also have to have a rap, supplement (service). Instead, you can actually build it and potentially integrate it with them.
The proceeds from the County’s OPIOD agreement will cover allocation. In other businesses, the supervisor approved the resolution of deploying a stop sign at 220th Street at an intersection with 222th Street, and the road was limited by 20 mph at 220. The board of directors also unanimously approved a $ 1.50 contribution per hour for Dan Wright, a court officer.
