I know, I know. In my town we had a meeting, one of the O.B.'s here said that we had too many pregnant women who needed to get into treatment and fast. They decided that we would have an all around type of treatment facility. Treatment combined with Medical as well.
It all sounded good and we had the meetings. Now is the time to decide where to put it. While everyone agreed that help is needed, no one wants it in their neighborhood.
They are all concerned with lack of security or so they say.
What they don't see is how much good it will do. Not only will treatment cut down on the crimes that come with using it will help more people who cannot afford or get medical help.
My state wanted to make the same changes as TN has proposed but when it came down to it, length of treatment needs to be left up to the patient and the provider. Not some government bureaucrat that knows nothing about addiction or what it's like to need proper treatment.
Other states as well has tried to do the same but in the end, it didn't happen.