CODA on the Radio!
This week CODA Executive Director, Alison Noice, had the exciting opportunity to be a guest on the radio station KAST 1370 host Tom Freel’s show to discuss CODA’s new opioid
Washington County’s alternative sentencing helps families and supports recovery
Washington County is one of the leaders in Oregon in the forward-looking approach of alternative sentencing. CODA is proud to be one of the community partners supporting this program which
Sheriff Reese and CODA Director Hartnett talk opioids
Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese does a great podcast — check out his interview with CODA Executive Director Tim Hartnett on the opioid crisis. Reese has been probing this issue
How would experts solve opioid crisis?
A well-researched and very well-illustrated article by Josh Katz in The New York Times asked a wide-ranging group of folks what they would do to really address this public health
Street Roots covers MAT efforts in Clackamas county
Street Roots reporter Amanda Waldroupe does a terrific job in this story on Clackamas County’s efforts to bring medication-assisted treatment to those in need. Among others, she interviews CODA Deputy Director
Powerful discussion on opioid overdoses
Respected Seattle broadcast journalists Enrique Cerna and Penny LeGate and the energy behind a terrific panel discussion about opioid addiction that was filmed at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry.
It takes all kinds of fighters to beat this epidemic
UPDATE: Good news about FDA labeling changes for opioids. And, check out this terrific Seattle Times story of a mother who uses her celebrity to draw attention to the opioid
Fighting the epidemic on all fronts
Check out this Seattle Times story of a mother who uses her celebrity to draw attention to the opioid epidemic. Penny LeGate is well known in that city for her
Study finds tapering, clinic policies can reduce opioid use
(UPDATE: Coverage on Sen. Jeff Merkley’s website too.) Medical Press and Partnership For Drug-Free Kids, and other websites are reporting on a study on opioid addiction in which CODA
Project Nurture in Portland Business Journal!
CODA’s Deputy Director Alison Noice recently talked to healthcare writer Elizabeth Hayes at Portland Business Journal about the agency’s role in Project Nurture. This program, a partnership with OHSU and
CODA and the 2014-15 Book of Lists!
Portland Business Journal’s popular Book of Lists is out! This large-format annual guide to the area’s businesses, not-for-profits, professional services and more is an excellent and cogent resource, as well
CODA Medical Director Weimer in TIME
Melissa Weimer, CODA’s Medical Director, appears in a well-written article in Time magazine, headlined “Stopping America’s Hidden Overdose Crisis.” As Time writer Jon Marcus observes, “Weimer is an advocate of