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Show Humana opens drug center bilize the patient. A two year after care program is also included at no extra cost. Patients are usually admitted for 21 to 28 days, although the prog ram is individualized, Mr. Cowell said. A 24 hour helpline was installed at the Alcohol and Drug Help Unit. The number is 774-7070. LAYTON "We have a drug problem in this state and it's time to make some moves," Gary Coombs, director of the new Alcohol Alco-hol and Drug Help Unit at Humana Hospital-Davis North, said Wednesday. At an open house, Mr. Coombs said the unit located on the third floor of the Layton hospital will help free Utahns from chemical dependencies. de-pendencies. To help him in the work, the unit has two counselors and a community service director. Some of the staff are people who have overcome chemical dependencies depen-dencies themselves, which helps develop rapport, Mr. Coombs said. "I think being a recovery person per-son gives you insight as to where ' people with chemical dependencies dependen-cies are at. I know where a chemical chemic-al dependent person is emotionally because I've been down the same street." This is the third alcohol and drug unit American International Health Services, Inc. has opened in their western region. The Layton facility has already treated three patients. Mark S. Cowell, vice president of communications for the association, associa-tion, said this is one of the smaller units. There are eight beds, but two more eventually will be added. "With a small unit there is the possibility of given patients more attention," Mr. Cowell said. Detoxification is the first step in the program, Mr. Cowell said. The use in prescription drugs is minimized mini-mized during this step, although some sedatives may be used to sta- |