A community-based drug and rehabilitation service will soon open its doors in Hoppers Crossing in a bid to tackle the growing ice problem head on.
Dubbed Destiny Transformations, a partnership of the Destiny Centre Christian Church and a Queensland rehabilitation organisation, the new service will open a 12-bed centre next month.
The centre will provide a holistic approach to recovery, with therapy and case management covering four areas, including biological and spiritual needs.
Director Dean Landy said the aim was to give hope to those who feel hopeless.
“A growing public awareness of the ice problem has highlighted that something different needed to be done,” he said. “This problem can’t simply be addressed with new laws and tougher sentencing for dealers.
“We need to look deeper and more long-term to see how we can rebuild lives that continue to be destroyed.”
Transformations executive director Michael Barrett said the centre would offer a nationally recognised drug and alcohol treatment service that has been running in Queensland since 1999.
“Each year we have the privilege of seeing many people experiencing difficulty in overcoming their addictions. They come in with a past and leave with a future,” Mr Barrett said.
