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Drug rehab opponents file petition for reconsideration

Prune Hill neighbors insist 15-bed Discover Recovery treatment center should not go next to school; ask for 24-7 security guard

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A "No Drug Detox Next to Dorothy Fox" sign stands at the corner of Northwest 28th Avenue and Northwest Utah Street, across from the Camas elementary school, on March 16, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Opponents of a proposed drug rehabilitation facility in Camas’ Prune Hill neighborhood are challenging a recent hearings examiner decision granting the facility a conditional-use permit.

Camas Hearings Examiner Joe Turner ruled in favor of the Discover Recover substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation center’s conditional-use permit on April 28, paving the way for Discover Recovery’s owners to convert the former Fairgate Estate assisted living center into a 15-bed rehabilitation center geared toward working professionals seeking help for substance abuse disorders.

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