It’s Toy Drive time!
CODA was invited by Wells Fargo and KGW-TV to join local area non-profits in a celebration and toy collection event for #TheGreatToyDrive! Check it out on our Facebook page!
Check out our FB: Surgeon General on opioids
Check out CODA’s Facebook page and read about the Surgeon General’s latest remarks on America’s addiction crisis. Our FB page is updated frequently with news about recovery, substance use disorders and healthcare, as well as …
Check out CODA Outpatient!
CODA’s latest video provides a great look into our Outpatient programs, located in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties. (CODA employees participated in the making of this video, playing the parts of patients.)
Deadly synthetic opioid taking lives
A deadly opioid is causing a record number of overdose deaths in the Midwest. The drug is a synthetic opioid (meaning, it is made in a lab, not from poppies) called carfentanil, and experts say …
Historic letter on opioid addiction
The epidemic of opioid use disorders is a subject that has been in the news nearly every day for months. In what may be the most significant development in the public health crisis, Dr. Vivek …
We are CODA!
Check out CODA’s video – produced by CODA’s Stepen Cassell and videographer Jarratt Taylor!
Check out our Facebook page!
CODA’s Facebook page is updated often with news stories about recovery, research and treatment. Check it out often to see the updates.
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. Legate lost a young adult …
Gregory Gourdet receives CODA’s 2016 Advocacy Award
Gregory Gourdet, well-known Portland chef and inspiring speaker on recovery, has received CODA’s 2016 Advocacy Award! Speaking to more than 160 guests at the “We Are CODA” event, Gourdet talked frankly about his own descent …
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 epidemic. Penny LeGate is well …
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 years as a broadcaster. After …
Donation of Evzio auto-injectors will save lives
CODA has received a generous donation of EVZIO ™ auto-injectors from kaleo, the Richmond, Virginia-based pharmaceutical company. These devices are saving lives all over the country. “EVZIO ™ is the first and only FDA-approved naloxone …