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Daytime Addiction Treatment Program Starting In Fargo

First Step Program Launches Feb. 18

An addiction treatment facility is making it easier than ever to get the counseling you need to help you or a loved one. First Step Recovery is starting daytime addiction treatment next Monday. The nine-hour a week outpatient program will be from 9:00 to noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Addiction counselors say there’s already interest in the new daytime…

Mayors’ Blue Ribbon Commission Hopes to Educate People on Struggles with Addiction

The commission is getting out into the community because members say addiction shouldn't be a closet discussion

FARGO, ND — The Mayors’ Blue Ribbon Commission is trying to educate more people in the Metro about what it means to struggle with addiction. More than 10 people died from an opioid overdose in Fargo-Moorhead from January to September 2017. The commission is getting out into the community because members say addiction shouldn’t be a closet discussion. They say…