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CODA celebrating 45 years of helping people reach and sustain recovery

We are marking our 45th year as a treatment agency! Speaking to nearly 80 guests at CODA’s Birthday Lunch on March 13, Executive Director Tim Hartnett reminded his listeners that “CODA has always rejected the …

3/14/2014

Events, News,

Alison Noice is CODA’s new Deputy Director

Alison Noice, known throughout the behavioral health community for her work as Director of CODA’s Addiction Medicine Program, has been named Deputy Director of the agency. Alison came to Multnomah County in 1999 to work in a …

3/5/2014

News, Personnel,

Portland Business Journal notes CODA Research study

“In Oregon, marijuana is second only to alcohol when it comes to admissions for substance abuse treatment, yet it’s hard to find any targeted programs here or elsewhere,” reports Portland Business Journal writer Elizabeth Hayes. …

2/26/2014

Media Updates, News, Press Releases,

Animals, healing, and great photos

Sometimes healthcare news is heartwarming; that’s the case with the piece by reporter Elizabeth Hayes and photographer Cathy Cheney of Portland Business Journal who produced a gallery of photos showing kids in local hospitals as …

2/25/2014

News, Success Stories,

From CODA’s Executive Director

The death of a prominent person, especially an artist as talented as Philip Seymour Hoffman, shocks us all. Hoffman’s powerful performances have made him a larger-than-life figure, and it seems terribly wrong that he could …

2/5/2014

Advocacy, News,

NYTimes: How to stop heroin deaths

A well-written column by a New York City emergency room doctor discusses the role of Naloxone, an opioid antidote, in saving lives lost to overdose.

2/4/2014

Advocacy, Articles, News,

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,

Marijuana Study

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who expressed interest in this important study. At this time, we are no longer recruiting and are closed to enrollment. We look forward to sharing with you the results of the …

1/22/2014

Research,

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,

CODA Research at American Assoc for Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Two papers were presented by CODA Research staff at the November meeting of the American Association for Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) in Philadelphia. The first was “Impact of Readiness-to-Change on Massage Therapy for Chronic …

11/27/2013

Research,