Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release from prison in 1967, was instrumental in establishing one of the Nation’s first opioid treatment programs. In 1974, he became the Executive Director of Man Alive and later served as Vice President of the American Methadone Treatment Association (now AATOD) and as Vice Chairman of…
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Code of Federal Regulations 42 CFR Part 8. Opioid Drugs in Maintenance and Detoxification Treatment of Opiate Addiction. Download PDF 42 CFR Part 2. Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records. Download PDF Federal Register 17 January 2001, Vol. 66, No. 11, pages 4076-4102.(PDF Format) Publication of Final Rule 42 CFR Part 2. Comments and…
Whereas, substance use disorders are a serious and treatable public health problem affecting thousand of Americans of all ages, races, ethnic backgrounds and having huge medical ,societal and economic costs; and Whereas, methadone treatment is the “gold standard” for all drug and alcohol treatments and yet is misunderstood because of years of prejudice and…
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We Speak Methadone Join NAMA’s Bulletin Board and talk with other patients or just read what is happening around the world. SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The federal agency that oversees mental health, substance abuse treatment and prevention agencies. CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The federal agency under SAMHSA that oversees…
Treatment Facility Locator Buprenorphine Physician Locator Center for Substance Abuse Treatment US government search engine to locate all forms of drug treatment. Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) US government search engine to locate physicians prescribing Buprenorphine. Code of Federal Regulations Federal Register, January 17, 2001 CRF 42 Part 8 in text and…
Policy Statement Number 4 May 1994 Over the years methadone providers and patients have begun using client in place of patient. While this maybe well intended NAMA is concerned that the results could become damaging to methadone treatment, and most especially to patients. The use of client is deprogating to methadone patients, inferring that their…
