LUDLOW, Vt. (AP) – Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio plans to start a drug for drug use disorder in Vermont, where the band was founded in 1983.
Anastasio, who has been sober for 14 years, announced on Thursday that his Divided Sky Foundation has bought a building for the non-profit center in Ludlow.
“Like so many people in America and so many in Vermont, I have become addicted to opiates,” Anastasio said in a statement on his website. ‘I was very happy to have access to care, and I know how important it is to be part of a recovery community. I am grateful that we can help provide the opportunity to others. ”
The center will open for the time being by the end of this year. Anastasio raised funds last fall for the purchase through his virtual concerts of the Beacon Theater in New York. Fans contributed more than $ 1.2 million.
The center has not yet been named and is managed by Ascension Recovery Services according to its website.