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We design personalized treatment programs to provide each abuser with the greatest chance of a successful recovery outcome. Our comprehensive networking system works hand in hand with all of the drug treatment centers in Pennsylvania. At Drug Rehab Pennsylvania we know that each individual is unique and are treated as such. Deciding upon a treatment option in Pennsylvania, or anywhere can be a daunting task for any individual or family, we will guide you through each step of a comprehensive treatment plan for you or your loved one. We are determined in our mission, that every drug and/or alcohol abuser in Pennsylvania. that has a desire to change their life will be given a chance to recover from their addiction and we are dedicated to ensuring that they are given the opportunity to do so.
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Two Pennsylvania officials protest plans for drug clinicTwo Columbia elected officials are protesting next month's scheduled opening of an Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania drug and alcohol treatment center that will dispense methadone.
Howard County, Pennsylvania Councilman David A. Rakes and Columbia Councilwoman Barbara Russell say the clinic's location in a residential area near three schools would be detrimental to the village.
"We're dealing with the revitalization of Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania" said Rakes, an east Columbia Democrat. "One of the things we're trying to overcome is a negative perception, and the general feeling is that [a methadone clinic] would not help."
The Human Care Development Service clinic plans to open July 1 in Stevens Forest Professional Center, near Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania middle and high schools and Stevens Forest Elementary School. The clinic would treat about 250 clients, said Aktam Zahalka, the clinic's president.
At Rakes' urging, Zahalka has agreed to address the community about the clinic at the Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania Village Board meeting tonight at The Other Barn.
Rakes is worried that a clinic dispensing methadone -- a synthetic opiate used by heroin addicts to curb their drug addiction -- would harm Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania' reputation. The village center is sometimes viewed as struggling because its grocery store site has been vacant for two years and some residents believe the center has a high crime rate. (A Food Lion grocery is planning to move into the center.)
Five homicides have occurred in the village in the past four years -- most recently, a 23-year-old pregnant woman was fatally shot in her apartment last month.
"We have no problem with treatment," Rakes said. "We're just saying a drug addiction treatment center in Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania is not something that we favor."
Zahalka, who said he is ready to clear up misconceptions about methadone treatment, has worked for the past two years as a senior financial manager for a company that runs methadone clinics nationwide. He said people who use heroin are "normal people ... some of them are doctors, lawyers, mechanics, engineers."
"I just hope that the community will be understanding, I hope the community will accept us as part of their community," said Zahalka, who lives in Pennsylvania and plans to move to Columbia by the end of this month. "We would like to work with them. I'm there just to help them."
The county has one methadone clinic, in Ellicott City. Another clinic has applied to the state Office of Health Care Quality to open in Elkridge, said Dr. Penny Borenstein, Howard's health officer.
Tom Cargiulo, director of substance abuse services, predicted the new clinic likely would serve a majority of county addicts. About 300 people seeking drug treatment last year in Howard listed heroin as their drug of choice, he said.
Russell, who represents Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania on the Columbia Council, said that while the county may need a methadone clinic, having one near schools is not appropriate.
"If the methadone clinic is needed, it's needed for all of Howard County. So let it be located somewhere else," she said. "There are many locations that can serve all of Howard County. It doesn't need to be in a location near a school."
But Zahalka said the clinic is committed to being a "very good neighbor." It would have 10 employees who would serve only people who are "committed 100 percent" to being treated and would transfer those who are not, he said.
The clinic's supervisor or nurse would speak at area schools about every three months to educate students about the dangers of drug use, Zahalka said.
"Our methadone clinic is there for treating people and helping people," said Zahalka, who noted that the clinic is not fully approved. "Our clinic is not a space or place where there is going to be any danger to anyone in the community."
Cargiulo said methadone clinics are "highly regulated," requiring certification from the state Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration as well as approval from the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, an arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
He said many people have negative perceptions about methadone treatment centers, among them that the facilities contribute to an increase in crime. But he said they help deter crime by getting heroin addicts off the drug.
"There's less drug dealing, and they don't need to supply their $40-, $50-, $80-dollar-a-day habit," he said. "They don't have to come up with means by shoplifting or whatever ... to support their habit on a daily basis."
But Russell is adamant that a methadone clinic does not belong in Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania.
It "would decrease crime just as much somewhere else," she said. "... We don't need it in this location."
Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania Village Board is to meet at 7:30 p.m. today at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia.
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