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Hawkins County seeks to limit pain clinics
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ROGERSVILLE (AP) — Officials in an East Tennessee county are drafting regulations that would make it nearly impossible for pain clinics to locate there.The Kingsport Times-News reports the public safety committee of the Hawkins County Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to move forward with the proposal.Commissioner John Metz said most municipalities within the county have measures that prohibit the clinics from locating within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, churches and businesses that sell alcohol. He says he’d like the county to be proactive in developing similar regulations. Currently, it has no zoning in unincorporated areas.“What we’d like to do is put restrictions to where they could not operate within 1,000 feet of a school, day care, church, park, residential property, or an entity selling alcohol,” Metz said.