BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- City leaders in Bloomington want to put a one-year moratorium on new drug rehabilitation facilities opening in their community.
There are currently 13 drug rehab facilities in Bloomington including Indiana Center for Recovery. It serves 40 patients who live across the way from a treatment center located on West 1st Street.
Neighbors have complained about the noise.
"People yelling obscenities among other things. Cars revving their engines at all hours. Things like that," said Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Bloomington City Council Vice President.
The co-founder of Indiana Center for Recovery says there might be a little noise, but that doesn't mean you should impose moratoriums.
"Indiana is ninth in the United States in drug overdose deaths. The notion of the idea that the city is going after things in this manner is scary," said Saul Kane, Indiana Center for Recovery Co-Founder.
Bloomington officials say they want to take a step back and evaluate what's going on.
"That's why we want to hit this pause button and make really good, well-informed decisions based on the best practices to avoid the pitfalls that other communities may have experienced," said Mary Catherine Carmichael, Bloomington Director of Public Engagement.
Melanie Kilbury says she needs a place to get clean.
"In my opinion, the way drug use is going up here in Bloomington, there needs to be more. Less would not help nothing," said Kilbury.
It costs about $10,000 for inpatient treatment at the Indiana Center for Recovery. 60 percent of the patients have insurance, ten percent pay cash, and 30 percent are on scholarship.
Christopher Abert from the Indiana Recovery Alliance issued this statement when he learned of the city's plan:
"We are in the midst of an opioid syndemic, and misguided policies such as this ordinance will ultimately deny vital services to those who are at most risk."
Abert was contacted late Friday afternoon by city leaders and will meet with them to hash out some of the problems with the proposal.
The ordinance will be presented to the Bloomington Plan Commission on June 11 and to the Bloomington City Council on June 13.
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