Substance use disorder occurs when a person’s use of alcohol or drugs cause clinically significant impairment including health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home. Substance use disorders affect people from all walks of life and age groups. This illness is common, recurrent, and often serious, but is treatable and many people do recover.

A substance use disorder is a disease that affects a person’s brain and behavior. This can lead to the inability to control the use of drugs or medications. Because of this, people with this disorder may continue using the drug despite the harm that it may cause.

Our substance use services are centered around prevention, treatment and recovery. 

Substance use prevention helps people to live healthier lives by using evidence-based strategies to help promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build assets and resilience, and prevent behavioral problems across their life span.

Our prevention services include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Parenting classes
• Education 
• Public presentations 
• Resilience skill–building    
• Community organizing through coalitions (Click here for a list of SUD prevention coalitions in Macomb County)

Treatment services include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Early intervention
• Case management
• Opioid Medication Assisted Treatment
• Outpatient treatment
• Residential treatment
• Sub–acute Withdrawal Management/Detoxification
• Visit our Women’s Specialty Services page to learn more
• Visit our Opioid Health Homes page to learn more

Recovery services include (but are not limited to) the following: 

• Recovery housing 
• Peer support services

Click here for a list of contracted providers.

Substance abuse prevention assists people to lead healthier lives, using evidence-based strategies promoting youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build assets and resilience, and prevent problem behaviors across the life span. We are guided by principles that help individuals find preventative treatment and relevant information to help our community stay healthy. Click here to learn more about our prevention methods.
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There are many resources available to assist with drug use. Years of research are behind our treatment plans. In terms of substance use, research shows that you are not alone. Drug facts and data may assist in learning more about the problem.
Click here to find our best data resources.

The use of tobacco products are often started during adolescence when the developing brain is most vulnerable to nicotine addiction. Learn about targeted youth tobacco prevention efforts designed to protect Michigan’s children here.
Click here to learn more.

Treatment and recovery are ongoing processes that happen overtime. The first step is getting help. Find information here on MCOSA funded recovery housing, along with recovery groups and resources.

• Recovery Centers—Live Rite, Recovery United Community Center
• Recovery Self-Help Groups
• Greater Macomb Project VOX (Voices of Recovery)

For general questions for the Office of Substance Abuse, please call 586-469-5278 or email [email protected].

For all other questions, or to access treatment, please call 855-99-MCCMH.