newspolicytreatmentIn Rural New York, Recovery Starts With a Mailing AddressCongressman Paul Tonko sat in a Cornell Cooperative Extension room in Liberty and listened to a police chief explain that his station serves as a mailing address for homeless residents. The conversation that followed was less about medicine than about the paperwork that decides who keeps it.November 12, 20268 min read
analysispolicymethadoneWho Owns New York's 94 Methadone Clinics? The Federal File Doesn't SayThe federal file that lists every methadone clinic in America has nine columns. None of them says who owns the clinic. New York's 94 locations are still run under nonprofit, hospital and county names, but the state has no mechanism to keep it that way — or to notice if it changes.November 3, 20268 min read
deep-divetreatmentmethadoneA Merger in the Hudson Valley, and the 150 People Still Driving to Albany for MethadoneAddictions Care Center of Albany absorbed Twin County Recovery Services, adding Columbia and Greene counties to a network that already treated 1,100 people across 16 sites. Leaders say roughly 150 residents still leave the county for methadone, and federal rules already permit a cheaper fix than a new clinic.October 27, 20268 min read
newstreatmentmatSaranac Lake Opens Franklin County's First Methadone ClinicThe Outpatient Opioid Treatment Program on John Munn Road is the only place in Franklin County where a patient can get a daily dose of methadone. Before it opened, people in the Tri-Lakes drove to Plattsburgh or Canton, each more than an hour away, and back.October 19, 20268 min read
newsmatbuprenorphineNew York County Jail Runs $866,000 Short on Opioid Treatment FundingSt. Lawrence County allocated nearly $900,000 for state-mandated jail MAT programs this year. New state aid figures show the county received less than one-fifth of what the program costs to run.August 27, 20266 min read
newstreatmentmatNew Addiction Treatment Center Opens in Gloversville to Combat Fulton County's Opioid CrisisA new comprehensive outpatient treatment center opened in Gloversville this week, bringing medication-assisted treatment and integrated healthcare services to Fulton County—an area that has experienced some of the highest fatal drug overdose rates in the Capital Region.July 14, 20265 min read
researchtreatmentmatYale Study Establishes First Expert Consensus on Hospital Addiction Treatment in the Fentanyl EraYale researchers used the Delphi method to develop clinical consensus on hospital-initiated medications for opioid use disorder, addressing rapid methadone protocols and high-dose buprenorphine strategies for patients using high-potency synthetic opioids.May 15, 20266 min read
deep-diveopioidtreatmentMethadone Treatment Tripled Since 2010, But Most New Yorkers With Opioid Use Disorder Still Can't Get ItNew research reveals methadone treatment has tripled since 2010, yet three out of four people with opioid use disorder receive no medication at all. A pending federal bill could change how New Yorkers access this life-saving treatment.February 20, 20268 min read
