A new way to treat addiction in Salem
Josh Lair is the Oregon community outreach coordinator for Ideal Option, a network of medication-assisted addiction treatment clinics that expanded to Salem in 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
Josh Lair knows how difficult it is to detox from drugs.
After becoming sober over a decade ago from methamphetamine and alcohol, Lair became a drug counselor in Salem and worked at a detox facility, where he’d watch people violently ill as heroin or meth left their system.
