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Article: Hurdles to methadone clinics defeated
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- March 17, 2005
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AUGUSTA - Lawmakers on Wednesday voted not to impose new statutory
hurdles for operators of methadone clinics.
Instead, members of the Health and Human Services Committee agreed
that the Office of Substance Abuse should revise its regulations to
ensure a broad community dialogue before any new methadone clinic is
licensed by the state. Committee members also supported a requirement
for an annual public review of any clinic's impact on its host
community.
Two bills presented during this legislative session have sought to
change the state's relationship with methadone clinics. LD 519,
submitted by Rep. Michael Dunn, D-Bangor, would have required any new
clinics to be approved through the ...