T he Spokane Regional Health District decided to extend the hours of operation of its Treatment Services Clinic. Starting Aug. 4, the county's opioid treatment clinic is open from 5:15 am to 1:15 pm (it previously ran until 11:45 am), a change requested by the Board of Health in June, based on community and client feedback. The clinic is part of SRHD's state and federally accredited Opioid Treatment Program, which provides medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder alongside other medical care like counseling for individuals seeking recovery. The previous hours were intended to allow the community to receive treatment in the early morning before going to work or taking children to school and day care. "Now, by expanding our dosing hours into the early afternoon, we are able

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