Salvation Army faces class-action suit over denying addiction medications
The Salvation Army runs recovery housing but disallows addiction medicines like buprenorphine. A class-action suit could expand treatment access.
A federal judge has given the go-ahead for a class-action lawsuit that could radically expand Americans’ access to lifesaving addiction medications.
The perhaps surprising defendant: The Salvation Army, the Christian charity known more for its thrift stores than for its nationwide network of addiction treatment facilities.
