[Kipper is King]

That location is in a couple blocks of my house. I am very glad it is closing it's doors.

I'm not arguing against their patients getting help, but such facilities should be in an industrial or primarily commercial area. There is a playground one block from that location, and St.Cyril Jr.High/Elementary is about a block and a half away.

I suspect many of the posts here would change their tone if they were so close to the clinic. The problems could not only come from the patients themselves, but also those they associate with who may be active drug users. Birds of a feather flock together.

It would only take one incident between a child and a unstable druggie and suddenly the location of a methadone clinic in a residential area would not seem smart. I'm not painting with too big a brush here- I realize many of the patients could be stable enough to manage without anything happening. But the risk of it getting out of hand for a small fraction is too great.

Put it in an industrial area, and the risks related to drug users and former drug users would be minimized. They need help- just not in an area with so many families.