Ellsworth eyes methadone clinic moratorium

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 6, 2007 ;   ERIC RUSSELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   528 words ......perils of methadone clinics, Ellsworth is taking...problem is that methadone clinics are a for...of that." Ellsworth Police Chief...helped by methadone clinics." Clark said...the things Ellsworth already has...

Ellsworth may extend methadone moratorium

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  August 15, 2007 ;   ERIC RUSSELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   419 words ...ELLSWORTH - Even though no provider...extend a moratorium on methadone clinics for another six months...the right thing," acting Ellsworth City Manager Michelle...last until February 2008. Methadone is a prescription drug...controversial. Bangor has two methadone clinics, and ...

Ellsworth restricts methadone clinics

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  December 18, 2007 ;   ERIC RUSSELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   467 words ...ELLSWORTH - City councilors on Monday approved...ordinance that places restrictions on methadone clinics, which could stonewall any provider from coming to Ellsworth, according to one local doctor...time to create language regarding methadone clinics. To date, the city has had no ...

Ellsworth OKs methadone clinic moratorium

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 20, 2007 ;   ERIC RUSSELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   391 words ...ELLSWORTH - City officials on Monday...ordinance structure to accommodate methadone clinics, in the event a provider decides...followed minimal discussion, Ellsworth city councilors decided to...firm that already operates methadone clinics in Calais, Waterville and South...

Bangor officials debate limits on methadone clinics

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  August 13, 2008 ;   DAWN GAGNON; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   680 words ......debate. With three methadone clinics now operating here...place limitations on methadone clinics drew all eight city...Limit the number of methadone clinics in Bangor to the...dumping ground" for methadone clinics. Also being forwarded...mean a clinic in ...

Hurdles to methadone clinics defeated

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 17, 2005 ;   MEG HASKELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   528 words ......statutory hurdles for operators of methadone clinics. Instead, members of the Health and...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...

Ruling could expand options for methadone clinics in Pa.

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  July 12, 2007 ;   Brian Bowling;   572 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...

Brewer weighs methadone clinics

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 16, 2008 ;   NOK-NOI RICKER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   472 words ......moratorium banning the opening of methadone clinics. The ordinance will be considered...works with clients who use the three methadone clinics in Bangor, said she is worried about...investigation at the street level into if methadone clinics work. "You don't give an alcoholic...

METHADONE CLINICS IN VA.: MENACES OR LIFESAVERS? METHADONE CLINICS:...

Roanoke Times & World News;  November 8, 2003 ;   Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack@roanoke.com 981-3239;   787 words ......portrayed as a menace. Plans to open methadone clinics in Southwest Roanoke County and Northwest...be 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 ...

5 new methadone clinics proposed for W.Va.: Proposed bill would put drug...

Charleston Gazette;  December 31, 2003 ;   Tara Tuckwiller;   468 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...

New Rules for Methadone Clinics

AP Online;  January 17, 2001 ;   LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer;   521 words ......AP Online 01-17-2001 New Rules for Methadone Clinics WASHINGTON (AP) -- Methadone clinics for the first time must be accredited...this,'' although he added that most methadone clinics will meet the new accreditation standards...

Moratorium expires: 7 new methadone clinics would bring W.Va. total to 15

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  July 25, 2004 ;   Tara Tuckwiller;   397 words ...tara@wvgazette.com Seven new methadone clinics are applying to set up shop in West...Charleston. The proliferation of methadone clinics, which did not exist in West Virginia...abused in Appalachia. West Virginia methadone clinics attract clients from surrounding...

Bill gives public input on methadone clinics ; State House: The...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  March 9, 2005 ;   TREVOR MAXWELL Staff Writer;   710 words ......03-09-2005 Bill gives public input on methadone clinics ; State House: The legislation also...Section: Local & State Memo: MAINE METHADONE CLINICS South Portland, owned by Discovery...fear. Some communities believe that methadone clinics bring more crime and drug abuse...

Senator wants reform of state methadone clinics

Charleston Gazette;  January 25, 2007 ;   Tom Searls;   459 words ......expected to reform West Virginia's methadone clinics was placed in the legislative hopper...nonprofit groups. West Virginia has eight methadone clinics in the state, all privately owned...take the profit motive out of the methadone clinics," said bill sponsor Sen. Jon Blair...

City Neither Zoning Nor Condoning Methadone Clinics

Pittsburgh City Paper;  May 10, 2006 ;   Law, Violet;   692 words ......approved, the ordinance would ban methadone clinics within 500 feet of any school, dormitory...controlled substances, including methadone clinics, are currently treated as medical...operators of the city's six existing methadone clinics say that they have seen the demand...