Comment on NC turns to mobile clinics to expand substance use treatment by Erin Barnes

['Rachel Crumpler', 'More Rachel Crumpler', 'North Carolina Health News', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Where Img', 'Height Auto Max-Width'] Comments for North Carolina Health News 2025-09-16 00:00:00

Eric Morse, chief medical officer at Morse Clinics, launched North Carolina’s first mobile Opioid Treatment Program in Raleigh. Of those, 65 patients are still receiving treatment at the mobile unit, Morse said, while 19 have transferred to other Opioid Treatment Programs. Going mobileWhile mobile opioid treatment programs are new to North Carolina, they date back to the 1980s. By September 2024, that had ballooned to 54 mobile units across 17 states — and the total is continuing to grow. Greensboro-based Mission Mobile Medical is the top provider of mobile opioid treatment units in the United States.