AIDS Saint John Reaction to Methadone Clinic

2009-05-19

11:58:23

The Executive Director of AIDS Saint John says Saint John will immediately notice a difference with a methadone clinic uptown.
Julie Dingwell says the money a drug addict needs to fuel their habit is what directs them towards criminal activity---she says an addict needs nearly $45 thousand dollars in cash a year to pay for their drug.

Dingwell says the uptown location is more convenient, because it was hard for people to get to the Ridgewood Treatment Centre in South Bay.
She says treatment, and counselling is the best way to fight drug addiction.

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