By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News
(MUNDELEIN, Ill.) — The Lake County Opioid Initiative is expanding its groundbreaking law enforcement pre-arrest diversion program called “A Way Out.”
Four new agencies have been added as entrance sites including Deerfield Police Department, Fox Lake Police Department, Zion Police Department, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
By taking advantage of A Way Out, participants and their loved ones are given the opportunity to access support and treatment to end the destructive cycle that addiction has caused in their lives. Participants are given the chance to avoid the biological, psychological and environmental harms, and are set on a direct course to recovery through services provided by Gateway Foundation, Nicasa Behavioral Health Services, the Lake County Health Department’s Substance Abuse Program and other providers across northern Illinois and the state. The only requirement of participants is self-motivation.
Since the launch of A Way Out in June 2016, 170 people been routed to treatment programs.
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