Fentanyl detox center opens in East Portland

People in Multnomah and Clackamas counties who are addicted to fentanyl will soon have a new place to go for inpatient treatment. A 16-bed center opened in East Portland on Friday. It is also the first alcohol and drug withdrawal management facility in the state that was paid for with funding from Measure 110.

“Fentanyl, as an illicitly produced substance in our street drug supply, has become an increasing problem for about four years now and it has proliferated,” said Joe Bazeghi, the director of engagement for Recovery Works NW, which is operating the new facility. “We no longer really see a lot of the more traditional street opioids that we were familiar with — heroin or pharmaceutical pills — that have made their way to the street.”