NIMBYUTUBE
NIMBYUTUBE
ICAAT has produced a video addressing the “not-in-my-backyard” (NIMBY) phenomenon – probably the greatest barrier to meaningful expansion of methadone treatment availability in America. Throughout the USA, and in many other nations as well, efforts to open new addiction treatment facilities are met with fierce opposition based on fear of resultant crime and a general deterioration of the neighborhood. This film highlights the patients, staff and services of a methadone maintenance treatment clinic operating since 1974 in a church building in the heart of residential and commercial Greenwich Village, NYC. We hope that the film promotes a greater understanding of methadone maintenance treatment, its patients and providers.
CalVet chief takes a look at Oroville project
Filed under: addiction treatment facilities
The treatment would take place in a veterans center called Victory Village based on a model in San Diego that offered all the services needed for addiction treatment and transition back into society. Almquist said they bought 21Ž2 acres on Highway 162 …
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