Methadone Clinic

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Hello Neighbors,

 

I am sure that many of you have become aware of a Methodone Clinic that is due to open on the corner of Woodland and 5th - at the former post office.

http://www.kvoa.com/news/methadone-clinic-moving-to-tucson-neighborhood/

 

 

Councilman Kozachik said that we should not be concerned but WE SHOULD BE for many of the reasons I listed below. 

 

Please email Councilman Kozachik

ward6@tucsonaz.gov

and tell him that we are not ok with a Methadone clinic in our residential neighborhood. 

 

What I wrote is below:

 

Dear Councilman Kozachik,

I am a Ward 6 constituent who lives near the corner of 5th and Craycroft.  I am also a Licensed Master of Social Work who has worked in adult behavioral health services.  Although I have the utmost compassion for people who are in substance abuse recovery, I am also uniquely aware of the behaviors and subsequent impact of living near and around substance abusers.   People who utilize methadone clinics are not casual drug users, they have abuse and dependency issues and as a result, their judgment is impaired.
 
Allowing a methadone clinic to operate in a residential neighborhood IS concerning.  This area is not highly populated during the week with neighboring churches operating mostly on Sundays and residents away at work.   This allows clinic clients to be wholly unsupervised during the weekday.  You also must be aware that  there is a gas station directly across the street from the former post office which sells alcohol. 
 
I have worked around Methadone clinics and regardless of the "track record" of the agency, there are higher rates of crime in around the clinics including property damage, public intoxication, the sale and purchase of illegal substances, vandalism and on occasion assaults.   Furthermore, clients DO hang around the clinic loitering AND littering.
 
I STRONGLY protest allowing a Methadone clinic to be placed into a residential neighborhood when clearly the more safe option would be having a clinic around other medical facilities or at the least in commercial areas which are more populated and therefore more monitored by the public, law enforcement and technology.
 
I will continue to state my concerns to the Tucson City Council and State Representatives.
 
 

I am a person in recovery NOT on methadone, but in recovery and there are pro''s and cons to methadone, period. One thing for certain and two things for sure. As a licensed clinical social worker/ Social worker with a Masters degree. You know for a fact that as long as the client is taking their medication AS PRESCRIBED, WITH NOTHING ILLICIT OUT SIDE OF THAT, THIS INCLUDES ALCOHOL. That a pretty normal life can and is usually led. My issue and concern is the same as yours. How many of those clients actually do just that??? Not very many i would say. So , there is a concern for such places to be  put up in residential neighborhoods. Especially ones where they may be children  residing because, they tend to attract all kinds of people. People that are registered for various reasons, if you understand my meaning. Along with a few other characters. I would say to you, continue writing, voicing your objections and if nothing more. Someone will hear you, Even if it is not the person that you have chosen to hear you. Keep writing.

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