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They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Waialua, 2 offer a bed.

They do not, and neither does anywhere else listed around Waialua. Withdrawal management and treatment are often two separate admissions, and this is one of those times.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Waialua differ on it.

The nearest other center is 8.7 miles away, in Wahiawa, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

Yes. They treat ages 12 to 17, which only a minority of centers do. Waialua has 8 other centers, and an age range is the first thing to confirm on the call.

The useful questions are the ones answerable with a fact: who prescribes, what the schedule is, what follows it. Accreditation by a recognized body is a floor rather than a recommendation, and the absence of it is worth asking about. Ask both places for the daily schedule and compare those rather than the brochures.

Bring the list and bring the containers, and expect a prescriber to go through both. Where a program has no prescriber of its own, what you take stays with whoever already manages it. Ask who to speak to if something needs changing mid program.

Addiction treatment records carry a stronger legal protection than the rest of a medical file. Insurance claims do create a record with the insurer, which is the usual route by which treatment becomes visible. Decide who you want kept informed before the day rather than during it.