CleanSlate Centers

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Bennington is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They do not offer one. Sorting detox out comes first, and Bennington is the nearest place that does it, 13 miles away.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in North Adams.

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in North Adams are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in North Adams.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them a few streets away in North Adams.

The weeks right after a program are the highest risk stretch, so what is arranged for them matters. Free meetings, a prescriber and a weekly session are the usual three pieces of a plan that holds. Ask what the alumni side of it involves, because it is often the most useful free thing on offer.

Prescriptions are usually kept going, and changing one is a decision for a prescriber rather than a policy. Medication bought over the counter counts on the list, and leaving it off causes problems later. Ask whether there is a prescriber on site and how soon you would see them.