Baltimore to open ‘ER for addiction’ with state funding (The Daily Record)

Tuesday Mar 27th, 2018

Baltimore will announce plans Wednesday to open a stabilization center, providing help for people struggling with addiction and other mental health disorders.

The stabilization center will revitilize space at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in the city’s Coppin Heights neighborhood. While that project is underway, a pilot center will open at nearby Tuerk House.

Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen called the center “an ER for addiction and mental health.”

“Patients in need of addiction and mental health services should be able to access treatment at the time that they need it, which is what we would provide for people requesting help for any other disease,” she said in a statement. “The Stabilization Center is one step in the right direction to provide 24/7 access to evidence-based compassionate treatment to all of our residents.”

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