Methadone treatment in Southwest Virginia

With controversies brewing in Roanoke and Bristol, Virginia legislators are considering new laws that would require notice to local governments when clinic operators seek approval for methadone clinics in their localities, according to this report ("Legislators plan to submit bills restricting methadone clinics," 1/4/04) in the Roanoke paper. The Roanoke paper also has this report ("Methadone a booming business in Western Virginia," 1/3/04) on the booming business for some methadone clinics in Southwest Virginia.