Arkansas treatment center opens in old school to face addiction crisis A new treatment center is about to open in North Little Rock to meet the addiction crisis and the operators are going old school, literally, to make it happen. Author: Rolly Hoyt Updated: 8:27 PM CST February 25, 2021 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The isolation brought on by the pandemic has done a number on people struggling with substance abuse. A new treatment center is about to open in North Little Rock to meet that need and the operators are going old school, literally, to make it happen. "It's not every day that you're in a position, as a former person who didn't graduate high school, to be able to buy a high school," said Chris Dickie, the CEO of Natural State Recovery Center outside the former Oak Grove High School.