HELLO MY NAME IS LISA AND I AM A RECOVERING DRUG ADDICT. I ALSO FACILITATE OUR LOCAL M.A. MEETING AND WE ARE VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHY THE MAYOR OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI HAS CHOSEN TO SAY NO TO HAVING A METHADONE CLINIC COME TO HIS CITY. THE CLINIC I ATTENDED TO GET CLEAN IS A GREAT CLINIC AND THEY WANTED TO START A CLINIC IN TUPELO. AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY WERE A MONTH AWAY FROM OPENING WHEN THE MAYOR DECIDED TO SAY NO. THE BUILDING WAS READY, THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A STAFF, THE WORD WAS OUT AND THE DRUG ADDICTS OF THE CITY KNEW THAT THE CLINIC WAS ON ITS WAY.IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAD ALREADY SAID YES, MAYBE NOT A FORMAL YES, BUT A YES IS A YES, UNTIL THE MAYOR SAID NO. SO NOW HERE WE STAND.
IF I WERE A CITIZEN OF TUPELO I WOULD BE MORE AFRAID OF THOSE THAT MIGHT BE DOPE SICK THAN THOSE ON METHADONE. DRUGS ARE A PROBLEM IN TUPELO JUST AS THEY ARE IN MOST LARGER CITIES.YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON THE INTERNET FOR YOURSELF. ALL THE FACTS ARE RIGHT THERE FOR ALL TO SEE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO STOP THE DEMAND AND THEN THE SUPPLY WILL DRY UP. FORCE THE SELLERS TO MOVE ON BY REMOVING THE BUYERS. YOU DO THIS BY GETTING THEM INTO TREATMENT. OUTPATIENT IS THE ONLY WAY SOME PEOPLE CAN DO IT CAUSE THEY HAVE FAMILIES AND JOBS A LIFE TO LIVE AND CAN NOT GO INTO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD HAVE WENT INTO A HOSPITAL. THE COST IS ALSO CHEAPER THAN A HOSPITAL. NOT EVERYONE HAS INSURANCE. BUYING IT AT A CLINIC IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN OFF THE STREET. SOME OF THE MONEY THEY WERE SPENDING ON DRUGS COULD BE SPENT ON OTHER THINGS LIKE MORE AND BETTER FOOD AND CLOTHS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. A NICER HME FOR THE FAMILY. IF YOU GET THEM INTO A GOOD TREATMENT PROGRAM THEY BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY HOLD THEIR HEAD UP AND GET PROUD OF WHO THEY HAVE BECOME.
THESE METHADONE CLINICS DO NOT HAND IT OUT LIKE IT IS CANDY. YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO GET METHADONE.YOU HAVE TO STAY CLEAN(NO OTHER DRUGS BUT METHADONE) SEE THE DOC, SEE YOUR COUNSELOR, GO TO MEETING. YOU MUST SHOW YOU ARE LEARNING ABOUT ADDICTION. IT IS NOT EASY, THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO GO THROW WITH ALL THIS ARE THE ONES WHO REALY DO WANT TO GET CLEAN.
I AM HOPING BY GETTING ALL OF YOU BEHIND ME, THE MAYOR WILL AT LEAST HAVE TO RETHINK HIS DECISION ON THIS. AND SPEND A FEW MOMENTS OF HIS TIME TALKING WITH US ABOUT WHY HE SAID NO, AND IF THERE IS ANY WAY AT ALL WE CAN GET HIM TO CHANGE HIS MIND. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS. YOUR HELP IS IMPORTANT.
