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lel <br /> Parch 27,1991 <br /> WHEREAS, the tragic consequences of this addiction is nowhere <br /> addiapparent than in the lives of pregnant heroin (opiate) <br /> cts;and <br /> WHEREAS, fortunately, the number of such women in Snohomish <br /> County is small, as is the general heroin addicted population <br /> the county;and <br /> • <br /> WHEREAS, drug free programs emphasizing abstinence as the <br /> primary treatment of choice for drug addiction of all types <br /> must be affirmed, encouraged and upheld in our comgunity in an <br /> effort to reclaim lives devastated by drug addict;on, and to <br /> prevent addiction in unborn babies;and <br /> WHEREAS, a study reported in Addictive Behaviors, Volume 13, <br /> pp. 275-286, 1988, said, "The fact that methadone-exposed <br /> youngsters have more problems than the heroin-exposed <br /> youngsters has broad ethicaland societal implications. It is <br /> possible that mastodons treatment for maternal heroin addiction <br /> later producesharm than benefit to children who a <br /> already disproportionately In the disadvantaged segments of <br /> Society.";and <br /> C,.. WHEREAS, dog free treatment is of particular importance in <br /> o <br /> heroin specific treatment where the substitution of n <br /> addictive drug (methadone) for another addictive drug (heroin) <br /> creates passible conditions for continuous c1-le of <br /> dependence that establishes a permanent class of addicts;and <br /> WHEREAS, e must act to interrupt such cycles in <br /> sooperativeeffort by government, law enforcement, medical and <br /> ubstance abuse treatment communities, human service agencies <br /> Charged with meeting survival needs of addicts,and the general <br /> public;and <br /> WHEREAS,heroin is a miniscule portion of the addiction problem <br /> in Snohomish County where alcohol and cocaine <br /> e (crack) a the <br /> drugs of choice, and.that should be taken into account when <br /> establishing treatment;and <br /> WHEREAS, the establishment of methadone maintenance treatment <br /> by public or non-profit agencies In Snohomish County bscomes <br /> potential wedgefor other methadone clinics to establish in our <br /> communities where they can become a magnet to attract heroin <br /> addicts from around the state;and <br /> C <br />