Pubdate: Fri, 26 Dec 2003
Source: Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Copyright: 2003 Sun Publishing Co.
Contact:  http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/987
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Author: Emerson H. Dyer
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ALLOW CLINIC TO TREAT DISEASE OF ADDICTION

There seem to be a number of area residents who think keeping a methadone 
clinic out of the area will deny opiate-addicts the treatment that they 
need. At least that's the only point anyone seems to be arguing.

Think again, right-wingers. Not opening the clinic in Myrtle Beach will 
just continue the inconvenience that methadone patients already experience. 
There are surely a large number of people in the area who have come by the 
addiction at no fault of their own. Why send them away?

Addiction is a disease, and almost any disease can be treated somewhere in 
the greater Myrtle Beach area. Why make an exception?

Emerson H. Dyer Conway
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