State looking for more information on proposed methadone clinics.

Eagle Times (Claremont, NH);  April 16, 2006 ;     626 words ......information from two companies looking to open methadone clinics in Brattleboro and Springfield. Bay Area Addiction...of San Francisco, Calif., is running mobile methadone clinics in St. Johnsbury and Newport, Vt., and has...epidemic of heroin use, said Bellows Falls Police Chief ...

Bangor officials debate limits on methadone clinics

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  August 13, 2008 ;     680 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...

Hurdles to methadone clinics defeated

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 17, 2005 ;     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...

Moratorium eyed on methadone clinics

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 15, 2008 ;     93 words ......ordinance on Railroad Street and installing a moratorium on methadone clinics. The moratorium would buy the planning board time to investigate...annual town meeting in March. Leonard MacDaid, Newport's police chief, will make a presentation and there will also be a workshop...

Ruling could expand options for methadone clinics in Pa.

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  July 12, 2007 ;     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...

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

Roanoke Times & World News;  November 8, 2003 ;     700+ 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 ;     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 ;     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 ;     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 ;     700+ 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 ;     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 OF MESA POLICE CHIEF CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS NAME

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 24, 2006 ;     270 words ......release: As the City prepares for the Police Chief Candidate Meet & Greet on April...for the position. Retired U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance William Gainer announced that...name from consideration for the Mesa Police Chief job. Four Candidates remain in contention...

City Neither Zoning Nor Condoning Methadone Clinics

Pittsburgh City Paper;  May 10, 2006 ;     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...

Methadone clinics forced to wait

Charleston Daily Mail;  January 22, 2004 ;     327 words ......that the state won't approve any new methadone clinics for at least six months, those eight...team up with a company that develops methadone clinics. Currently, seven clinics operate...Medical Association, said the way methadone clinics have mushroomed begs a closer look...

Ellsworth panel recommends restricting methadone clinics

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  December 7, 2007 ;     386 words ......and capacity of any future proposed methadone clinics. The Ellsworth Planning Board voted...Ellsworth adopted a 180-day moratorium on methadone clinics and then in August extended that...Fitzgerald said. There are eight active methadone clinics in Maine, including three in Bangor...