Admissions for Methamphetamine treatment are increasing

Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse, Abuse Services

Recommendation and Responses

nExpand Evidence Based Practices, training and implementation opportunities. nCoalfield Consortium of Community Services Boards (CCCSB) 2002 Funding. nThe Rural Enhanced Model for Opioid Treatment Expansion (“Project REMOTE”) sponsored by Senator William Wampler.


	-Evidenced Based Programs such as The Matrix Model is a proven treatment response to multiple types of drug addiction including Methamphetamine and Opiates.
	-We have also had increase in our local capacity to treatment people with opiate addiction through new state funding, i.e. CCCSB and Project Remote.