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#BREAKING: @WADeptHealth approved Acadia Healthcare’s controversial OPIOID CLINIC in #Lynnwood near Alderwood Boys & Girls Club and little league field. @safeLynnwood says community will continue to fight with another weekend protest. @safeLynnwood @GovInslee
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PROTEST STILL ON: @safeLynnwood says 1pm protest on Sunday will be in front of Dat Dental clinic where OPIOID CLINIC is scheduled to open January 30. Neighbors say they were never against treatment for addicts. It was always about the location. #Lynnwood

https://twitter.com/safeLynnwood/status/1618748773592875009?s=20&t=5WIrw1wEmTfjx8fmWte_6A

COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN: Despite massive neighbor and business pushback in #Lynnwood, @WADeptHealth @GovInslee pushing ahead against the will of the majority of people in community including Alderwood Boys & Girls Club and entire @lynnwood City Council.

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@WADeptHealth @GovInslee @lynnwood MORE PROTESTS ON WAY: @safeLynnwood coalition worried methadone clinic will attract drug dealers, more crime, and homelessness. They're also trying to find out if any clients are registered sex offenders. #Lynnwood

@WADeptHealth @GovInslee @lynnwood

FACE TO FACE: Meanwhile @laurendavisWA continues to take criticism for supporting project. But she's pushing back and making her case for controversial OPIOID CLINIC. I give her credit for addressing constituent conerns.#Lynnwood
@WADeptHealth @GovInslee

@laurendavisWA @WADeptHealth @GovInslee MORE ON WAY: Demonstrators say they are for treatment, but wondering why @WADeptHealth did not require Acadia Healthcare to move to another part of #Lynnwood without so many kids.
@Lynnwood Mayor Cristine Frizzle for not putting up a fight. @GovInslee

COUNCIL CONSENSUS: #Lynnwood Council Member Julieta Altamirano-Crosby says they are 100% against Acadia Healthcare clinic, disappointed in
@WADeptHealth decision, and shocked by total disregard for WILL OF PEOPLE by WA state leaders. @GovInslee

@WADeptHealth @GovInslee PARKING+SECURITY ISSUES: Dr. David Buck is lone tenant inside building that is now home to OPIOID CLINIC. He says it would be a logistical nightmare for patients and claims Acadia Healthcare would do a bait and switch w/private security.
@WADeptHealth

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ON OFFENSIVE:
@BGClubsSC CRUSHING Acadia Healthcare+
@WADeptHealth for failing to do proper outreach, bungling communication, +putting KIDS SAFETY at risk w/OPIOD CLINIC. I walked to club from proposed site in less than 3 min. #Lynnwood

#EXCLUSIVE: I confronted Dr. Dat Nguyen, owner of building that will now be home to controversial #Lynnwood OPIOID CLINIC. Biz owners in area including his tenant wanted Nguyen to reconsider deal w/Acadia Healthcare. He refused.
@WADeptHealth @GovInslee

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

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

HE DID HIS HOMEWORK: #Lynnwood neighbor Yucong He laid out case against Acadia Healthcare with company's history of fines and settlements. Neighbors were hoping @WADeptHealth would consider this heavily in decision making process.

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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INITIAL SHOCK: Community outrage all started end of December when @WADeptHealth held public input meeting during holidays when people were on vacay. Once #Lynnwood's Alderwood community found out, fight was on.

@WADeptHealth FIRST COUNCIL MEETING ON CLINIC: On Jan. 3, Council Member Patrick Decker making argument against Acadia Healthcare clinic near Boys & Girls Club. Opponents frame company as greedy corporation with sketchy track record. @GovInslee @WADeptHealth #Lynnwood

WHY OPIOD CLINIC IS NEEDED: Vast majority of neighbors who attended council meetings say they want methadone clinic in low traffic area in city away from kids, biz, and homes. However some interpreted that as being a NIMBY. @GovInslee @WADeptHealth

WHAT IS ACADIA HEALTHCARE? Nation's largest operator of "behavioral health" centers. State officials say it would be #Lynnwood's only clinic providing METHADONE. #Lynnwood already has drug treatment centers but does not provide this drug. @GovInslee