“This building is the blessing, this building is a miracle,” said Rhabbi David Gerber of Gates of Prayer Synagogue when NOLA Detox co-founder and CEO Dan Forman asked him to give a blessing at the NOLA Detox ribbon cutting ceremony on July 12,2021. Over the past few years, New Orleans has has become disproportionatley impacted by the increasing national addiction crisis with overdose rates four to six times greater then the rest of the state.