Only Half Of Ohio's Rehab Centers Offer This Proven Opioid Addiction Treatment

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Maryhaven in Columbus uses medication-assisted treatment to help treat opioid addiction. Only about half of the treatment centers in Ohio do the same. PAIGE PFLEGER / WOSU

Tammy’s struggle with substance use started with pain pills she found in her grandmother’s cabinet. Then it escalated to heroin.

“It’s a full time job,” she says. “Most people think that’s not a full time job but it is. When you’re addicted to anything, then you’re working at it every day. Trying to make sure you don’t run out.”

WOSU is not using Tammy’s last name to protect her privacy and her job.

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