NAMA Recovery Advocate

CONTENTS

• NAMA Recovery

  A new name for a revitalized patient advocacy organization.

• A Word from the President Roxanne "Rokki" Baker.
  
  
• Joycelyn Woods speaks to the important issues affecting OTPs and patients.
  
  
• One for the Files from the Editor Joe Neuberger

  Knee Jerk Reactions continue to Negatively Impact Patients -- The Canadian Example.

• M.A.R.S. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Rosalyn Samuels, Research Assistant.
  
  
• Pioneer to the Field Howard Lotsof Dies at 66.
  
  
• Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) visits NAMA-R International Affiliate “BF”.
  
  
• In the NAMA Recovery Trenches:
  
  1. from Chicago NAMA-Recovery & the Heartland East Regional Director - ANDREW J. RICHARDSON, CMA
  2. from NAMA-R’s Northern Calif. Chapter - ROKKI BAKER, CMA.
  3. from the Central NJ Chapter and the National Grievance Coordinator - CLAUDE HOPKINS, CMA.
  4. from the Atlantic City, NJ Chapter - DELORES CANADA, CMA.
  5. from Georgia NAMA-Recovery with Suboxone as Specialty - ANGEL GILLIARD.
  6. from Pennsylvania NAMA-Recovery and the Mid_Atlantic Coast Regional Director - ERICKA LEAR, CMA.
  7. from the Florida Chapter and NAMA-R’s National Chapter Coordinator - NANNETTE C. WOLLFARTH, CMA.
  8. from Indiana’s NAMA-Recovery Chapter, “MAG of Indiana” and the Heartland West’s Regional Director - CARMEN PEARMAN-ARLT, CMA.
  
  
• Prevent Overdose Save Lives Initiative.
  
  
• At Bruger Foreningen: the Danish Drug Users Union Report from NAMA-Recovery’s International Affiliate - JOERGEN KJAER.