Peace Healthcare Inc

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

They provide detox for 5 substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Forest Hill has 8 other centers.

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

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in Forest Hill send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Forest Hill, not all of them do.

They do video appointments, which matters if Forest Hill is a drive for you.

The spread is enormous, from state funded care at no cost to private residential rates that need financing. Public and nonprofit programs often charge on a sliding scale, and some places are free to people who qualify on income. Ask for the figure per week as well as per program, because extensions are billed by the week.

Most places run something for families, and the quality of it is one of the clearer differences between two centers. A release of information, signed by the patient, is what opens that door, and it can be narrow or wide. Ask about the release of information early, because without it the updates stop.