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Originally Posted by jambutty
Before you complain because of other people’s NIMBY attitude, consider what your attitude would be if that same facility was to be placed on your doorstep.
If you would be happy to have this unit next door to you or close by, then you have every right to criticise the NIMBIES.
But on the other hand if you would become a NIMBY yourself then it is outright hypocrisy to castigate others for being the same.
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I do have a treatment facility on my doorstep ... well, almost; it's a 3 min. walk away ... an OATC (Ontario Addiction Treatment Centre) in a converted store on Princess St., Kingston's main drag ... I've heard no complaints about it. Also, there is a regioinal detox centre, generously supported by the Sisters of Providence, in a large Victorian house beside the Hotel Dieu hospital. No problems with this one either. It's in a mainly residential area, along with doctors' and lawyers' offices (appropriate perhaps.) There is also Street Health, where addicts can get their methadone, clean needles, condoms etc. Given the problem with substance abuse and all the etceteras, treatment centres have to go somewhere. The problem is not going to evaporate.