DRUG TREATMENT SERVICE DOUBLES SIZE OF HEADQUARTERS

CRC Health Group, the country's largest provider of drug treatment
services, has doubled the size of its Silicon Valley headquarters, as
concern about methamphetamine-fueled crime continues to rise.

CRC inaugurated its new offices in Cupertino on Monday. The privately held
company has 87 facilities in 21 states, and treats approximately 22,000
people a day.

Kathryn Jett, the director of the California Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs, said people need to understand that methamphetamine addictions
are treatable. "We know we are not going to arrest our way out of the
methamphetamine problem," she said.

"We need to hold up a mirror to America and say this isn't a marginalized
population, this is your children that are involved in this problem," said
former U.S. drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who sits on the company's board
of directors.

CRC Health Group CEO Barry Karlin said the company is rolling out a new
treatment program that is specifically targeted for methamphetamine users,
as well as a second program that uses a drug called buprenorphine to curb
dependence on prescription drugs and other opiates.