Harm Reduction

Med First research project leads to WA State Health Engagement Hub

Compassionate Addiction Treatment was a participating site in the “Community-Based Medications First for Opioid Use Disorder – Care Utilization and Mortality Outcomes” research project through the University of Washington.

CAT provides walk-in same-day appointments and prescriptions for Buprenorphine for people with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Easy access is imperative, and often difficult to access, for people with OUD who are also experiencing homelessness.

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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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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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