NIMBY- NEVER BEEN WORSE:

In Calgary, Canada, a methadone clinic serving 500 patients for years has given up hope of finding a new site when its lease expires shortly. According to the news article, “Even the superintendent of the RCMP . . . went public in the newspaper and said since the clinic has opened, crime has dropped.” The only other clinic in the area, run by the Province, already has 300 patients; it hopes to take over the displaced patients, but there is a likelihood of “a potential three-month window” when care will be interrupted. The clinic owner stated, “I’ve been doing this for 16 years and I’ve never run into opposition like this in my life.”
Full story: http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2009/04/13/9096751-sun.html