Hudson drug treatment center partners with police-based recovery movement

HUDSON, NH – Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and businessman John Rosenthal, co-founders of The Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.), announce three new treatment partners, in New Hampshire and Florida, all owned by former Delray Beach, Fla., Police Officer Michael Brown.

Brown, who is originally from Western New York, served in the Navy for eight years and worked for nearly three years with the Delray Beach Police Department. He currently is the owner of Sobriety Now, Compassion Behavioral Health and The Process Recovery Center, which have all joined the growing list of treatment centers that have partnered with P.A.A.R.I. to offer recovery services to program participants.

The Process Recovery Center, located in Hudson, is a dual diagnosis, intensive outpatient center offering both group and individual therapy in addition to a 40-bed transitional housing facility. Services include family therapy, relapse prevention therapy, 12-Step meetings, mental health treatment and educational activities. The Process Recovery Center has also partnered with Rise Above, one of the largest sober living residences in New Hampshire, to offer additional services to its clients. Justin Etling, who has been appointed as the CEO of The Process Recovery Center, and Director of Clinical Outreach Chris DiNicola have been instrumental in helping to set up this center located at 41 Sagamore Park Road in Hudson.

You can read the full news release here.

About P.A.A.R.I.:

P.A.A.R.I. was started to support local police departments as they work with opioid addicts. Rather than arrest our way out of the problem of drug addiction, P.A.A.R.I. committed police departments:

• Encourage opioid drug users to seek recovery
• Help distribute life saving opioid blocking drugs to prevent and treat overdoses
• Connect people suffering with opioid addiction with treatment programs and facilities
• Provide resources to other police departments and communities that want to do more to fight the opioid addiction epidemic

P.A.A.R.I. was created by Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and John Rosenthal to bridge the gap between the police department and persons suffering from the disease of opiate addiction who are seeking recovery. Since its founding, more than 40 police departments in 14 states have joined as partners with the initiative.