Crackdown Coming to Two Local Methadone Clinics

Yesterday the Daily News reported on police crackdowns on two methadone centers in Crown Heights and Clinton Hill where addicts are known to hustle drugs on the street after treatment. Officials say a three-strike rule will be implemented if patients are caught buying or selling drugs. City Councilwoman Tish James called for the crackdown and has been speaking out against the methadone clinics since 2008, when she first called for a consolidation, downsizing or closure of the existing facilities. The clinic pictured is at 882 Bergen Street between Classon and Franklin; the Clinton Hill clinic is at 937 Fulton Street, just outside the Clinton-Washington subway stop.
Residents say Brooklyn Methadone Clinics Created ‘Drug Bazaar,’ Authorities Promise Crackdown [NY Daily News]