Brockton: Recovery High School receives funding, expected to open in December

Organizers and local leaders say there is some light at the end of the tunnel in the battle of drug addiction, by continuing  substance abuse treatment for teenagers.  Just this week, state officials announced that the Department of Public Health has granted $2.5 million dollars toward the development of Recovery High School for Southeastern Massachusetts.

Senator John Keenan of Quincy, a co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance abuse, has been working on this issue since he took office last November.

Senator Keenan spoke with WATD’s Steven Dodrill on Thursday morning

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