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Portland Business Journal: Mendenhall on addiction; Dwight Holton joins Lines for Life

A guest column in the Portland Business Journal provides a thoughtful overview of addiction and treatment today. The author, Dr. Andy Mendenhall, medical director of the Hazelden clinic in Beaverton, wrote this in the context of the …

2/4/2014

Media Updates, News, Programs,

My Age of Anxiety - Fear, hope, dread, and the search for peace of mind - by Scott Stossel

Writer Scott Stossel slays stigma

Scott Stossel’s book, “My Age of Anxiety,” is attracting a great deal of attention as the author makes the rounds of talk shows and interviews. Reviewers are citing it for its fairness, and its good …

1/22/2014

News, Success Stories,

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

CODA will be closed Monday, January 20 to observe the day set aside to honor the life and work of the Reverend Martin Luther King. Jr. Readers of the CODA News blog interested in learning …

1/17/2014

News,

Oregon healthcare in the news

The Oregonian reports that some 50,000 people were able to get coverage by year’s end through the state’s healthcare exchange, Cover Oregon. Those people are in addition to “more than 100,000 people who were enrolled in the Oregon Health …

1/3/2014

Healthcare Coverage, Media Updates, News,

Opioid addiction treatment in the news

Dec 3 – The science (and stigma) of Suboxone, or buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid addiction is making headlines across the news blogosphere, following a series in The New York Times. The local view …

11/25/2013

Media Updates, News,

Elizabeth Hayes serves readers well in ‘The Price of Addiction’

A multi-part series, “The Price of Addiction,” in the Portland Business Journal is a carefully reported and clearly written set of articles that tackle a tough issue — one that needs more attention in our region …

10/9/2013

Articles, Media Updates, News,

two people painting a mural of the ocean

Junior League of Portland creates “sea wall” at CODA!

Members of the Junior League of Portland came to CODA armed with paint, brushes–and an impressive amount of energy–when they spent Saturday, Oct. 5 at the agency’s Portland Recovery Center. The volunteers painted a group …

10/5/2013

Events, News,

KGW News report: Local doctors aware, watching for heroin substitute

CODA Medical Director Melissa Weimer was asked by KGW newsman Wayne Havrelly about the threat of “krokodil,” a potent drug turning up in some U.S. cities. The drug, reports Havrelly, is created from “codeine pills …

10/2/2013

Media Updates, News,

Philanthropy recognized; CODA patients served

As Portland Business Journal writer Sean Meyers reports in the Sept. 13 issue: Two of Portland’s biggest names in healthcare formed a partnership that has been awarded the Portland Business Journal’s “Innovation in Philanthropy Award.” Providence Health & Services …

9/28/2013

Funding, News,

Doctor Melissa Weimer joins CODA

Melissa Weimer, DO, MCR, who has provided clinical services at CODA for the past two years, has joined the agency as Medical Director. Dr. Weimer also serves as an Assistant Professor at Oregon Health & …

9/18/2013

News,

September is National Recovery Month

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) tracks many of the country’s events that recognize and celebrate the work of recovery. For more info:

9/1/2013

Articles, Events, News,

United Way and CODA

Check out this new post about CODA on the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette blog!

3/6/2013

Funding, News, Press Releases,