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R. J. Blackley ADATC

Director: Breque B. Tyson, Ph. D.
1003 12th Street
Butner, NC 27509
phone (919) 575-7928 fax (919) 575-7260

In 1949, the General Assembly passed the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Act. Arrangements were made for the establishment of the NC Alcohol Rehabilitation Center (ARC) at Butner, and its doors were opened for male patients in 1950. By 1954, women were being accepted for treatment. Initially, the ARC operated under the direction of the superintendent of John Umstead Hospital, becoming an independent facility in 1959. In recognition of the changing patient population, the general Assembly changed the name of the three ARC's to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (ADATC's) in 1989. Butner serves men and women from the sixteen counties of the North Carolina Region, as well as ten counties of the South Central Region.

 

Updated May 2, 2008

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