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Treatment Scarce For Homeless.
Byline: Valerie Santillanes Journal Staff Writer
Addicts Can't Break Grip of Street Life
Juan D. Casaus, a substance-abuse counselor at Health Care for the Homeless, says the first hurdle in helping his clients attain sobriety is getting them to want to stop drinking and using drugs.
The second is finding them treatment.
Recently, Casaus shepherded one of his clients through treatment that took him from the streets of Albuquerque to a short-term care clinic in Roswell, from Roswell to a homeless shelter in Albuquerque with a short detour back to the streets, and from there, to a 30-day program in Las Vegas.
Although Albuquerque is where most of the state's homeless are located, treatment for those who can't pay is scarce.
Two centers in Albuquerque offer treatment to the indigent. Both provide long-term treatment and medical detoxification -- using drugs such as antidepressants to safely wean alcoholics from the bottle -- but only one does it on an in-patient basis, meaning they reside at the center during treatment. And while there are a number of programs in other New Mexico cities, getting clients into them is hard, providers say.
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