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#EXCLUSIVE: After he tried to dodge me TODAY, I confronted Dr. Dat Nguyen, owner of building that could be home to controversial #Lynnwood OPIOID CLINIC. Biz owners in area including his tenant are asking Nguyen to reconsider deal w/Acadia Healthcare. @WADeptHealth @GovInslee🧵👇🏽

MASSIVE PROTEST: After multiple pleas with @WADeptHealth, Acadia Healthcare, and even City of #Lynnwood, coalition of neighbors and community stakeholders are protesting on Saturday. This will be one of many according to organizers. They are promising a PR nightmare. @GovInslee

LATEST FROM DOH: @WADeptHealth sent out response to community concerns over proposed #Lynnwood OPIOID CLINIC that would be few hundred feet from Alderwood Boys & Girls Club. DOH being put on BLAST by neighbors. @LynnwoodTimes about to drop more details!

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MAJOR SUPPORT: Protest organizers say @KCGOP, #Lynnwood Council Members, and other allies are mobilizing against OPIOID CLINIC. But even @WADeptHealth, Acadia Healthcare, and those advocating for clinic like @laurendavisWA have been invited to rally. Unclear if they will show.

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IN YOUR FACE: Tense moments during Monday's #Lynnwood council meeting. Residents confronting Acadia Healthcare rep telling him not to open controversial OPIOID CLINIC. @WADeptHealth+state leaders also being called out. Wild! @GovInslee

@WADeptHealth @GovInslee PUT ON BLAST: On Monday, #Lynnwood Council Member George Hurst personally calling out @WADeptHealth, accusing agency of bungling communication over OPIOID CLINIC saying,"It was a deliberate attempt to tamp down public comments." @GovInslee

MASSIVE FIGHT: #Lynnwood council gave Acadia Healthcare+@WADeptHealth an out. Don't open OPIOID CLINIC. Otherwise, residents plan on launching FEROCIOUS FIGHT and it will become a PR disaster and mess for state officials.@GovInslee

DID HIS HOMEWORK: #Lynnwood neighbor Yucong He laid out case against Acadia Healthcare w/company's history of fines and settlements. This is citizen journalism in action. Neighbors now asking @WADeptHealth to carefully scrutinize this corporation.

MAJORITY OF COUNCIL AGAINST OPIOID CLINIC: Council Member Patrick Decker making argument earlier this month against Acadia Healthcare and CLINIC near Boys & Girls Club. Opponents frame company as greedy corporation. @GovInslee @WADeptHealth

WHAT IS ACADIA HEALTHCARE? Nation's largest operator of "behavioral health" centers. If allowed to come in by @WADeptHealth, officials say it would be #Lynnwood's only clinic providing METHADONE. City treatment centers DO NOT provide this drug.@GovInslee

FRAUD SETTLEMENT: Like other massive corporations, Acadia Healthcare has run into issues in past. Company paid 17 million bucks to West Virginia, largest healthcare fraud settlement in the history of state.
@WADeptHealth @lynnwood @GovInslee #Lynnwood
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WHY CLINIC IS NEEDED: Here's case for clinic at proposed site.
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#LYNNWOOD COUNCIL CONSENSUS: Council agrees treatment is vital for addicts. But debate is over LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. City council is 100% against this clinic coming into office building at 2322 196TH ST SW. @WADeptHealth

CONFUSION AND FINGER POINTING: @WADeptHealth held public input meeting during holidays when people were out. Once #Lynnwood's Alderwood community found out, fight was on. It's now on DOH. Opioid center is scheduled to open end of Jan. Will it be delayed?

TIMELINE: All permitting is on @WADeptHealth. That's just way law is written in Washington state.
@lynnwood council is powerless to stop opioid clinic, but seeking options. Regardless, residents say they're launching MASSIVE FIGHT. @govinslee #Lynnwood
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OVERWHELMING RESULTS: @WADeptHealth deciding on future of OPIOID clinic scheduled to open next to Alderwood Boys and Girls Club later this month. While #Lynnwood council’s power to stop it is limited, community is planning MULTIPLE PROTESTS.
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BOMBSHELL: #Lynnwood issues Certificate of Occupancy for opioid treatment center. City staff being accused of bungling communication and failing to disclose this vital piece of information. Unclear how this impacts @WADeptHealth decision to permit or not.
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