Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

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 Chanhassen is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Chaska, 3.3 miles away.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Ask whether the groups are split by age, because in Chaska that can mean one mixed room rather than several.

They prescribe 2 medications: buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Chaska.

They offer treatment in Sign language. Whether that means a counselor who speaks it or an interpreter is worth asking, and Chaska has 8 other centers to ask.

Compare what each one actually provides rather than how each one describes itself. A program that answers precisely about its clinicians and vaguely about its results is behaving well. Ask what license is held by the person who would actually be treating you.

Expect questions rather than a sales pitch, and expect them to be direct. A call outside office hours often reaches an answering service rather than an intake worker, which is worth knowing before judging a program by it. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.

Identification, insurance card, medications in their original labeled containers, and a week of ordinary clothes. Arrival normally involves a bag search, and the list of what is not allowed is longer than people expect. Ask whether you can bring your own pillow, because the answer is often yes and it helps.