A new comprehensive treatment center in Lynnwood will begin offering medication-assisted treatment and other services to around 140 patients. It opened Monday after weeks of protests. Those who protested opposed its location and argued there was a lack of transparency in the process. They say they still have concerns. But recovery advocates say they'd like to see a focus on the need for treatment and a fuller understanding of what it entails. Marjorie Drieu is now a program manager at Peer Kent and a proud mother of a 3-year-old. Drieu said that medication-assisted treatment, like the kind that will be offered at the Acadia Healthcare center, helped to save her life. When Drieu was arrested in 2019, she told the King County Jail she would be going through withdrawal for heroin. When they drug-tested her, she learned she was expecting. "They put me on methadone and it was my first experience with being locked up, detoxing, but a bearable detox," Drieu said. "I could sleep, that's the thing I remember, I could sleep." Drieu said that was different than previous detox experiences when she had restless legs, memories popping up every time she closed her eyes, and more. "Really, a first time for me that I could sit in jail for that long and be okay," she said. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/recovery-stigma-lynnwood-opioid-treatment-center/281-75e9afea-9a73-4bdf-ac05-b1ef4889245b