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Public meeting for methadone clinic raises concerns
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News – Quinte West – A public meeting on a proposed methadone clinic in downtown Trenton raised a few concerns. “What are the checks and balances?” asked one person at the meeting held March 26 at the Knights of Columbus hall. Michael Piercy, chair of the Quinte West Community Health Centre (CHC) that will be housing the clinic, said there will be no medications on site. “If we need security, we will get the OPP,” he said. “I don’t believe it will happen.” Piercy said more people are taking methadone because they are trying to come off the prescription drug Oxycontin than people who are coming off heroin. “These people are your neighbours,” he said. “They developed an opiate dependency. This is somewhat different
than heroin users. There are not people sitting on the sidewalk waiting for their buds with a cigarette and a coffee. They are your friends and children. Unfortunately, they have a deep opiate dependency.” CHC clinic coordinator Kate Johnston said it’s a chronic and relapsing dependency. This is the harsh reality of dependencies, including alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, said Dr. Charles Bonham-Carter, from Change Health Care Inc., which will be managing the clinic. “The success rate at treatment centres is three to five per cent,” he said. “In opiate substitution therapy (methadone maintenance therapy) people on the program will experience success as with any illness. The reality is the relapse rates are very high. They do well on treatment, if they stay on treatment long-term. It keeps
News – Frankford – Fire destroyed the public works facility at Wolfe Street Industrial Park in Frankford March 31. “We got the call at 2:20 a.m. on Monday morning,” said Deputy Fire Chief Dan Smith. “I live nearby so I was the first one there.” He said 30 firefighters went to the scene and found the structure engulfed in flames. “It had been burning for quite awhile,” he said. “The fire was across the entire roof line.” Firefighters were forced to use a defensive attack, staying well back from the flames as it was so hot and there were several explosions. “The heat was so intense I could feel it along the fence line,” Smith added. Fire Chief John Whelan said there were several snow plows, a backhoe, a street cleaner and a pickup truck destroyed in the facility. The intense heat also melted some of the paint on the front of city trucks in the parking lot. Firefighters from Frankford, Batawa and North Murray were on the scene all night; some were still putting out hot spots in the morning. The Fire Marshal’s Office began its investigation later in the day. “We were lucky it was good weather,” Smith said. “It wasn’t snowing or raining.” Public works director Chris Angelo said there were six snow plows, some half-tons, a sidewalk plow and a Bobcat in the facility, with a total value of between $4 million and $5 million. He said the new amalgamated public works building won’t be ready to use until the fall of 2015. Please see “Fire” page 3
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