In the news: The Olympian publishes story titled “A look inside the Olympia clinic serving hundreds of people battling opioid addiction.”
A look inside the Olympia clinic serving hundreds of people battling opioid addiction
“If you hit rock bottom, what would it take to pull you back up? What if the force that pulled you down was a chemical dependency you’d been facing for decades?
Sean Allen and hundreds of locals struggling with opioid use disorder may have found their answer to that question in a small, bustling walk-in clinic that opened about a year ago in downtown Olympia.
The Olympia Bupe Clinic opened at the Capital Recovery Center on Cherry Street Southeast, which also houses the county-run syringe exchange. It provides buprenorphine, which serves as a safer alternative to opioids and heroin, which is the drug people with opioid use disorder often turn to when their prescriptions run out.” CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING