Treatment
for substance abuse addictions at the
Community activists flooded the public comment
portion of the meeting, blasting the county for discontinuing the program. Dozens
of people approached the podium to tell their elected officials that depriving
drug addicts’ methadone to kick the habit is inhumane.
MDC Chief Ramon Rustin
said he wanted to get rid of the methadone treatment program because programs
like these are uncommon for jails. Rustin said he believes the community should
look to non-profits to provide this kind of treatment, not the jail system.
The
commission made it clear Tuesday evening that ending the program is not for the
jail director to decide. Methadone treatment will continue at the MDC unless
the commission votes otherwise.
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