My fiancee works at a business that is there. She said as soon as the place opened, the area filled with tweekers and dudes obviously wacked out of their minds. She felt uncomfortable with all the sketchy folks hanging around outside(as well as with all the media outlets there trying to get comments from local businesses). She wants them to get help and didn't really mind the clinic being there, but to say it has no affect on the businesses or the community members/staff workers is way off.
As far as I know, it wasn't really a situation that was discussed. It seemed like it was:
"Hey, by the way, there's a methodone clininc opening in your neighbourhood. In 2 days. Enjoy."
Absolutely ZERO need for threats, especially to the staff members of the clinic. That's uncalled for. But there's outrage, and for good reason.
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