Views of Neighbors

ID: 1533
This file appears in: Nix Methadone Clinic

Some citizens in Carrollton, like this concerned resident, were unhappy with the number of criminals the clinic attracted to their neighborhood. Carrolltonians would not wait long for resolution. Dr. Nix's methadone clinic would be closed by the end of the year.

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This file appears in: Nix Methadone Clinic

By Kyle Willshire
The Carrollton neighborhood suffered through a heroin epidemic in the 1970s. Heroin use would decline throughout the U.S. in the 1980s as cocaine and crack use increased. An addiction treatment…