In My Backyard:
Dispelling Myths
About Methadone

ICAAT has produced a 15-minute video
addressing the "not-in-my-backyard"
(NIMBY) phenomenon - probably the
greatest barrier to meaningful
expansion of methadone treatment
availability in America. Throughout the
USA, and in many other nations as well,
efforts to open new facilities are met
with fierce opposition based on fear of
resultant crime and a general
deterioration of the neighborhood.

This film highlights the patients,
staff and services of a methadone
maintenance treatment clinic
operating since 1974 in a church
building in the heart of residential
and commercial Greenwich Village,
NYC. We hope that the film
promotes a greater understanding of
methadone maintenance treatment,
its patients and providers.