Amid growing concern over the national prescription opioid and heroin epidemic, states are increasingly opening recovery high schools to help youth with substance use disorder or dependency, reports The Washington Post.
Here are four takeaways on the issue.
- Recovery high schools offer students academic classes, as well as a rehabilitation program.
- Nearly 30 public or charter recovery high schools operate in 11 states, including Texas, Minnesota, Massachusetts and New Jersey, according to the article. Florida also recently set up its first recovery high school in Jacksonville. And a law signed in July by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) allows public school students to attend Pennsylvania's only recovery high school, which is private, reports The Washington Post.
- Additionally, recovery schools are expected to open in various other places, including Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas and Colorado Springs, Colo., according to the article, which cites information from the Association of Recovery Schools.
- According to the ARS, Recovery high schools typically spend $16,000 to $18,000 per student annually.
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