The climb

Before You Buy the Building: How to Test a Treatment Center Development Opportunity
August 24, 2026
In 2024, an estimated 52.6 million Americans age 12 or older needed substance use treatment, while only about 10.2 million…
7-OH Is Showing Up Fast. Treatment Providers Need to Pay Attention
August 10, 2026
The substance use treatment field has seen this pattern before. A new product starts showing up. At first, it looks…
Bringing Recovery Home: Why Tribal Communities Need Treatment on Tribal Lands
July 30, 2026
The COVID-19 emergency may be behind us, but its effects are still being felt across Tribal communities. The pandemic brought…
What Union County Gets Right About Recovery
July 7, 2026
The new film Union County offers a quiet but powerful look at opioid addiction, drug court and the long road…
Treatment First vs. Housing First Is the Wrong Debate — Los Angeles Needs a Stabilization-First System
June 5, 2026
Across the country, communities are struggling to address a crisis that sits at the intersection of homelessness, substance use disorder,…
Why Real Estate Investors Are Looking at Behavioral Health — and Why So Many SUD Projects Still Fail
May 15, 2026
The demand for behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities has never been higher. Across the country, investors…
PTSD & SUD
May 14, 2026
This blog is based on content that Ascension CEO, Doug Leech, shared at the 3rd Annual Scars to STARs Summit on…
Ibogaine Opens a Door. Recovery Requires a Path.
May 5, 2026
The conversation around ibogaine is shifting—and it’s accelerating. What was once considered fringe is now entering serious clinical discussion. Cultural…
Resilience Is a Design Choice: What SUD Providers Must Do Now to Withstand Uncertainty
March 25, 2026
The substance use disorder (SUD) industry entered 2026 expecting pressure. What it didn’t expect was how quickly that pressure would…
Housing, Recovery, and Stability: Why Communities Need a Hybrid Model for Addiction and Mental Health Care
March 8, 2026
Across the United States, communities are grappling with a difficult question: how do we effectively address homelessness when it is…
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Posts
- Indiana Treatment Centers to Open New Treatment Center in Mishawaka, Expanding Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Ascension Recovery Services and LifeSpring Recovery of Andover LLC to Launch SUD Treatment Center in Kansas
- Healing at the Source: How Tribal Nations Are Redefining Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Sobering center opens in Morgantown
- Treatment First vs. Housing First Is the Wrong Debate — Los Angeles Needs a Stabilization-First System
