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AMS of Delaware offers Adam Breitrick Treatment Scholarship

Delaware branch provides addicts with financial need for continued treatment services
Addiction Medical Solutions of Delaware recently held a dedication for the Adam Breitrick Treatment Scholarship, which is to help those in need with financial assistance to continue to receive treatment. Adam’s mom Deb says a few words about her son, who died of a heroin overdose at the age of 23. It never gets easier, she said. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
March 28, 2023

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AMS of Delaware
20576 Coastal Highway
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

Looking to assist those who have a financial need to receive treatment, Addiction Medical Solutions of Delaware is now offering the Adam Breitrick Treatment Scholarship.

Located off Route 1 outside Rehoboth Beach, AMS of Delaware is a comprehensive medication-assisted treatment rehabilitation service for persons suffering from opiate use disorder. Treatments include opioids, methadone, heroin, buprenorphine and fentanyl.

Living in Wisconsin, Adam Breitrick was 23 years old when he died from a heroin overdose. Joined by about three dozen people March 21, most wearing a T-shirt with Adam’s name on it, Adam’s mother Deb Breitrick visited AMS of Delaware to help with the dedication of the scholarship.

Addicts in treatment sometimes have a tough decision between buying food, paying bills or continuing to pay for treatment, said Deb. The purpose of the scholarship is so there are no barriers to treatment, she said.

AMS has multiple location throughout the country, including Wisconsin, Florida, Maryland and Delaware. In her son’s name, Deb is working with AMS to provide these scholarships. It’s an open enrollment scholarship that’s based on need, she said.

AMS of Delaware is open 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday. For more information on the Adam Breitrick Treatment Scholarship and Addiction Medical Solutions, 20576 Coastal Highway, Rehoboth Beach, call 302-227-1320 or go to amsdelaware.com.

 

Adam Breitrick was from Wisconsin and was in treatment, said his mom. He was doing well, but he took a day off, she said.
Adam’s mom Deb Breitrick, left, listens to Addiction Medical Solutions of Delaware Executive Director Erin Fox talk about the importance of not having a barrier to treatment.
Addiction Medical Solutions of Delaware owner Mike Errico with Deb Breitrick, the mother of the young man the scholarship is named after.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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