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Starting Patrol Heading for the bicycle Tom Jensen starts on his daily patrol to search out used syringes left on the streets last night. First Check The yellow jacket marked “Sprøjte Patruljen” lets the community know that they are safe and BF is on the job picking up used syringes and other paraphernalia. A Syringe…
FAQ’s About Advocate Training and Certification What is a methadone advocate? What is a NAMA Certified Methadone Advocate(CMA)? What are the goals of advocacy? What is the Code Of Ethics? How do I become a certified methadone advocate(CMA)? Why should I become a NAMA CPA? What is a methadone advocate? A methadone advocate is someone…
Education Series Number 9 January 1999 Letter Supplement O N Y O U R L E T T E R H E A D Dear Doctor: The bearer of this letter is a patient in a methadone maintenance treatment program. Methadone patients frequently need treatment for other medical, surgical, and dental conditions. At times the health professional…
Not just in substance abuse, mental health, and AIDS services do methadone patients face routine discrimination. San Francisco MUNI will not allow methadone patients to drive its buses, even though an important legal ruling in New York overturned a similar policy (Beazer vs New York City Transit Authority, 1975). Not just in those instances but…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates The Pharmacology of Methadone Ignorance about methadone abounds. Professionals working in the field receive very little or no training at all about the very medication that they will be administering. Rarely is addiction viewed as a disease and under the domain of the medical profession. Even the medical profession does…
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Advocacy The National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery (NAMA-R) holds the view that every individual who believes in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is at least a potential Certified MAT Advocate (CMA). We encourage all supporters of MAT, patient and non-patient, to become Certified MAT Advocates so that all energies directed toward the advancement of…
