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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American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Washington, D.C. ~ April 13-16, 2003 Session: Organizational Meeting April 15, 2003 Picture Essay of NAMA’s Organizational Meeting Starting the Meeting Joyce calls the meeting to order. Top (l-r) Robert Sanders (NYC NAMA), Becki Ballard (OK NAMA), Gary Nessenbaum (WAMM), Jennifer Nelson Connelly (PA NAMA), Joycelyn Woods,…
HBO’s Methadonia Stigma Strikes Again New York On October 6, 2005 HBO premiered a “so-called” documentary called “Methadonia” directed by Michel Negroponte. To give you an idea of the tone of the movie here is the Press Release from its premier at the New York Film Festival September 23, 2005. The 43rd New York…
Home News Tribune (NJ) June 15, 2004 . MIDDLESEX COUNTY: A judge was wrong to sentence a pregnant drug-addicted woman, who violated probation, to a prison term solely to safeguard the health of her fetus, a state appeals court ruled yesterday. The appeals court found the judge, sitting in Superior Court, New Brunswick, did not…
Our Mission Today over a million people in this country are suffering from an addiction to opiates. The fortunate ones are those who have sought treatment… those who take a single dose of medication each day to be free of opiate addiction. It was 50 years ago that a group of three doctors at Rockefeller…
2009 National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. NAMA Announces New Name. Press Release, April 26, 2009. 2004 National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Calls on Advocates To Remind Policy Makers To Include Medication Assisted Treatment in Access to Recovery Grants. Press Release, June 14, 2004. Curley, B. Recovery Advocates Sharpen Their Skills. Join Together, June…
