2023
LESC in NYC provides methadone, housing, residential, AIDS, and much more care
Pictured: Merry Limbu, LESC Divisional Director of Supportive Housing The Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC) operated for almost two decades by Valerie Walters is a home to a thriving opioid treatment center (OTP), with full-service comprehensive treatment for patients taking methadone, but it is so much more. This recent article in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly … [Read more...] about LESC in NYC provides methadone, housing, residential, AIDS, and much more care
Program, Not A Pill
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COMPA outlines budget and policy agenda for 2024
On October 12 the Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates (COMPA), a New York coalition of opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and medication assisted treatment (MAT) providers, released its budget and policy agenda for 2024. Among the priorities: investing in the workforce, preventing OTP closures due to OMIG audits, supporting overdose prevention … [Read more...] about COMPA outlines budget and policy agenda for 2024
Stop Stigma Now at CCSAD
We are pleased to see Stop Stigma Now exhibiting at the Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders, held in Hyannis, Massachusetts. We stopped by to chat with Sy Demsky and Bob Lubran, who were hoping to get the attention of the normally abstinence-focused crowd at the annual conference. In fact, even Brixadi (buprenorphine) had a booth. The energy level and thirst for … [Read more...] about Stop Stigma Now at CCSAD