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Prescription monitoring
Idaho's prescription drug monitoring program is run by the Board of Pharmacy within the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. It collects data on controlled substance prescriptions dispensed in the state and shares it with prescribers and with other states' programs.
Public coverage for treatment
Idaho Medicaid members can get substance use disorder services, including screening, residential and outpatient treatment and recovery support, by going through the state's behavioral health manager, Magellan.
Overdose Good Samaritan law
Idaho Code section 37-2739C protects a person who in good faith seeks medical help for a drug-related emergency, and the person in need of help, from prosecution for certain drug offenses such as possession and paraphernalia when the evidence came from the call for help.
Court-ordered treatment
Under Idaho's Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act (Idaho Code 39-307A), police must take a person who appears incapacitated by alcohol or drugs into protective custody and bring them to an approved treatment facility. This is a short-term protective hold, not a long-term commitment.
Sources
Featured detox programs in Idaho
Northpoint Recovery
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)Inpatient / residentialDetoxAlcohol treatmentStewards of Recovery – Blackfoot
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)Inpatient / residentialDetoxDrug treatmentIntermountain Hospital of Boise
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)Inpatient / residentialDetoxAlcohol treatmentHigh Country Behavioral Health – Idaho Falls
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)DetoxIOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentBeing able to be yourself in treatment
Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.
See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.
What detox involves
Detox usually lasts several days to about a week, depending on the substance. Staff watch vital signs, give medications to ease symptoms, and help plan the next step. Detox alone isn't treatment, so ask programs near Idaho where you go afterward.
LGBTQ Detox by city in Idaho
Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.
- Boise
- Nampa
- Coeur d'Alene
- Meridian
- Idaho Falls
- Pocatello
- Caldwell
- Twin Falls
- Lewiston
- Post Falls
- Rexburg
- Eagle
- Moscow
- Kuna
- Ammon
- Mountain Home
- Burley
- Chubbuck
- Blackfoot
- Hayden
- Sandpoint
- Jerome
- Garden City
- Hailey
- Star
- Emmett
- Rigby
- Payette
Using your insurance
Before you call a program, have your insurance card ready and ask three things: is the program in network, does this level of care need prior authorization, and what will you owe after the deductible. Our insurance guides walk through major carriers.
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