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Methadone clinic in the neighborhood?
Dec. 8th, 2011 01:23 pmToday we got a visit at the shop from a guy selling security systems. He said he was calling on all local businesses in the neighborhood. We talked for a while, I took his card. If I do get a new security system I want to get some competitive quotes.
A short time later we get another visitor: a reporter from the local paper looking for comments on the methadone clinic that opened just a few doors down. This was the first I'd heard of this, but it might explain why the alarm salesman thought there was a ready market...
While it's true that the first image that pops into mind when you say "methadone clinic" is a zombie apocalypse of strung-out junkies wandering the streets leaving a trail of needles in their wake, I'd like to keep an open mind about this. Does anyone have any first-hand experience with a methadone clinic in the neighborhood? Does it pretty much keep to itself, or is it a menace that destroys property values?
A short time later we get another visitor: a reporter from the local paper looking for comments on the methadone clinic that opened just a few doors down. This was the first I'd heard of this, but it might explain why the alarm salesman thought there was a ready market...
While it's true that the first image that pops into mind when you say "methadone clinic" is a zombie apocalypse of strung-out junkies wandering the streets leaving a trail of needles in their wake, I'd like to keep an open mind about this. Does anyone have any first-hand experience with a methadone clinic in the neighborhood? Does it pretty much keep to itself, or is it a menace that destroys property values?
