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Article: Bangor officials debate limits on methadone clinics
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- August 13, 2008
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BANGOR - Though the issue doesn't draw the large crowds it used
to when The Acadia Hospital was gearing up to open the first
methadone clinic in the city almost eight years ago, the
controversial treatment still generates debate.
With three methadone clinics now operating here, many local
officials think Bangor has done more than its share to ensure that
those who need it have access to treatment for addiction to opiates.
A discussion Tuesday night regarding a proposal to place
limitations on methadone clinics drew all eight city councilors to
the council's government operations committee meeting as well as a
handful of city administrators and about a dozen supporters and
opponents of the ...