BANGOR, Maine - The city of Bangor has rejected claims lodged by the operators of a methadone clinic who say drug-dependent Mainers were deprived of their rights when the City Council denied the agency's expansion request.
The Penobscot County Metro Treatment Center claims the City Council vote ignored the rights of drug addicts who are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The agency also charges that the council's denial in August of a request to expand from 300 to 500 patients treated the methadone clinic differently from other health care facilities.
Attorneys for the city of Bangor counter that no one has come forward claiming injury from being deprived of addiction treatment services, and say that the city is in compliance with all ADA regulations.