News - Coda

Amid pandemic adjustments, clinics use medicine to manage opioid addiction

16th August 2021

In the last week of January 2020, the Seaside Recovery Center, a clinic that uses methadone and other medication to treat people with opioid addiction, opened in the city’s south

CODA Researchers Help Find a Way to Treat Meth Addiction

3rd March 2021

As methamphetamine use and addiction continues to rise in Oregon and across the country, CODA researchers have helped to expand options for treatment. Featured in January on NPR, a new

CODA Welcomes Newest Board Member Terri Theisen

5th January 2021

We are delighted to announce the election of our newest board member Terri Theisen, Principal Consultant at Portland’s T2 Group. Terri worked with CODA several years ago to help raise

Saying It Nicer: Why Language Matters for People with Addiction

30th November 2020

Because addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder, patients commonly need repeated courses of treatment for sustained remission. This recent article from Forbes magazine illustrates how the language we use can

Naloxone Should Be As Ubiquitous As Tylenol

19th November 2020

The drug that reverses opioid overdoses is safe and easy to use. Read the full Slate article here.

Important Update to CODA’s Outpatient Services

9th September 2020

In May of this year, secondary to challenges with the limited space and a small staff, CODA discontinued in-person services at our Gresham outpatient office. Using our newfound telehealth skills,

CODA Employee Giving with Match Supports Local Organizations

11th August 2020

To support the Black Lives Matter movement, CODA invited its employees to donate to ACLU of Oregon, Self Enhancement, Inc., Southern Poverty Law Center, Black Parent Initiative, Coalition of Communities of Color and the Urban League of

CODA Interns Celebrate a Successful Year

16th July 2020

A big thanks to the Hillsboro team and a big congratulations to interns, Maeve Swakhammer and Zoie Meyers, for recently completing their MSW at PSU and their concurrent internships with

CODA Researcher, Randy Torralva, developing a medication to prevent lethal Fentanyl Overdoses

15th July 2020

Since 2017, the anesthetic drug fentanyl has been a key component in increasing deaths from people who use opioids. When fentanyl is mixed into opioids, it creates an often-fatal respiratory

Clackamas County Jail expands medication-assisted treatment for opioid withdrawals

9th June 2020

Read the full Street Roots article here

CODA adapts to patient opioid treatment needs during pandemic

22nd May 2020

Read the full article from the Seaside Signal here.

Seaside Recovery Center reaches milestone of 100 patients in first three months of operating

5th May 2020

With all the difficult work of planning and implementation behind us, it’s hard to believe it’s been three months since CODA’s first Oregon coast location, Seaside Recovery Center, opened its