Hallie Burchinal

Bobbie Lee operating the FTIR machine to check drug composition

Spokane site begins checking drugs to reduce overdoses

Bobbie Lee Moskaloff, a drug technician and supervisor at Compassion Addiction Treatment in Spokane, tests a sample of methamphetamine for chemicals the drug could be laced with. (COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Spokane site begins checking drugs to reduce overdoses: ‘People will look at this as enabling, but we’re saving lives’ By Treva Lind A downtown Spokane site […]

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Co-Founder Hallie Burchinal outside of Compassionate Addiction Treatment

A lifesaver

‘A lifesaver’: Compassionate Addiction Treatment to host second annual fundraiser in support of their no-barrier programs By Emma Epperly  When Drew Matthews, 33, was living on the streets a place to charge his phone, get coffee and feel welcomed was rare. That’s what he found at Compassionate Addiction Treatment. “It was like a lifesaver sometimes,” Mathews

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Breayan Lane, 21, visits the new Compassionate Addiction Treatment facility, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in downtown Spokane. Lane was able to get housing with the help of the center.

They’re going to be out on the streets

‘They’re going to be out on the streets’: New downtown addiction treatment center meets people where they are By Emma Epperly A new low-barrier addiction treatment center in downtown Spokane, Compassionate Addiction Treatment, plans to meet people where they are in order to build a community focused on recovery. Hallie Burchinal, her wife Kelli Eddings and

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