New substance use recovery center helps fill a need in northern Maine

New substance use recovery center helps fill a need in northern Maine

FORT KENT, Maine — The St. John Valley now has its own substance use recovery center. Before 1st Mile Active Recovery in Fort Kent opened earlier this year, valley residents seeking counseling and other services had to drive about an hour to Caribou. according to mainedrugdata.org. Danielle Forino, who founded the Fort Kent center, said that substance use disorder is a widespread issue in the region that has affected nearly all community members…