Article: Appalachia Welcomes Methadone Clinics

Article: Methadone Clinics Open in Appalachia
AP Online;  January 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... at least 10 methadone clinics in a region ... patients in eastern Kentucky. The change ... went smoothly. Eastern Kentucky sociologist ... hooked. The methadone clinics have been more ... a problem in eastern Kentucky that has to ... Services, said the ...

Article: Methadone Clinics Welcomed in Appalachia
AP Online;  January 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... at least 10 methadone clinics in a region ... patients in eastern Kentucky. The change ... went smoothly. Eastern Kentucky sociologist ... hooked. The methadone clinics have been more ... a problem in eastern Kentucky that has to ... Services, said the ...

Article: METHADONE CLINICS IN VA.: MENACES OR LIFESAVERS? ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  November 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... portrayed as a menace. Plans to open methadone clinics in Southwest Roanoke County and Northwest ... used, said most people drawn to methadone clinics have already decided to put crime ... facility in Galax, but at the 13 other methadone clinics in Virginia, according to law ...

Article: Bangor officials debate limits on methadone clinics
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  August 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... still generates debate. With three methadone clinics now operating here, many local officials ... proposal to place limitations on methadone clinics drew all eight city councilors to ... provisions: . Limit the number of methadone clinics in Bangor to the existing three ...

Article: 5 new methadone clinics proposed for W.Va.: ...
Charleston Gazette;  December 31, 2003 ;     683 words ... ... the county. It's one of five new methadone clinics proposed for West Virginia this month ... counties. West Virginia had zero methadone clinics in 2001. For-profit clinics have ... profiteering on our citizens," he said. "Methadone clinics are reaping huge, huge, huge profits ...

Article: Hurdles to methadone clinics defeated
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... statutory hurdles for operators of methadone clinics. Instead, members of the Health ... change the state's relationship with methadone clinics. LD 519, submitted by Rep. Michael ... grappling with the prospect of private methadone clinics opening in their communities, both ...

Article: Ruling could expand options for methadone clinics ...
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  July 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... will have a harder time rejecting methadone clinics in light of a federal appeals court ... law restricting the placement of methadone clinics violates the federal Americans with ... Rehabilitation Act. The state law banned methadone clinics within 500 feet of churches, schools ...