THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
July 18, 2003, Friday FINAL
SECTION: NEWS, Pg. B2
LENGTH: 187 words
SOURCE: P-I STAFF
MORATORIUM ON METHADONE CLINICS IS LIFTED
DATELINE: EVERETT
The City Council lifted a six-month moratorium on methadone treatment clinics this week, potentially paving the way for one of the first clinics serving heroin and opiate addicts to open in Snohomish County.
The council passed an ordinance to allow one clinic to locate in commercial zones south of the Boeing freeway, in an effort to keep a proposed facility of the downtown area. Neighbors complained after the non-profit Therapeutic Health Services tried to open a clinic near Grand Avenue and Wall Street.
Because there are currently no methadone clinics north of the King County line, hundreds of addicts regularly travel hours by bus or car to get doses of the synthetic drug that keep withdrawal symptoms at bay.
The state estimates Snohomish County needs at least three centers to treat 1,000 opiate addicts.
The first is scheduled to open later this year on land owned by the Stillaguamish tribe near Arlington.
Under a change in state law, local governments can no longer reject unpopular and difficult-to-site methadone treatment clinics, which have been deemed essential public facilities.
Copyright 2003 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
July 18, 2003, Friday FINAL
SECTION: NEWS, Pg. B2
LENGTH: 187 words
SOURCE: P-I STAFF
MORATORIUM ON METHADONE CLINICS IS LIFTED
DATELINE: EVERETT
The City Council lifted a six-month moratorium on methadone treatment clinics this week, potentially paving the way for one of the first clinics serving heroin and opiate addicts to open in Snohomish County.
The council passed an ordinance to allow one clinic to locate in commercial zones south of the Boeing freeway, in an effort to keep a proposed facility of the downtown area. Neighbors complained after the non-profit Therapeutic Health Services tried to open a clinic near Grand Avenue and Wall Street.
Because there are currently no methadone clinics north of the King County line, hundreds of addicts regularly travel hours by bus or car to get doses of the synthetic drug that keep withdrawal symptoms at bay.
The state estimates Snohomish County needs at least three centers to treat 1,000 opiate addicts.
The first is scheduled to open later this year on land owned by the Stillaguamish tribe near Arlington.
Under a change in state law, local governments can no longer reject unpopular and difficult-to-site methadone treatment clinics, which have been deemed essential public facilities.
Copyright 2003 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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