NAMA wishes to thank
the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for their Support of Certified Methadone Advocate
Training at the 2003 AATOD Conference in Washington DC.
NAMA wishes to offer
special thanks to Mallinckrodt
and American Association for the Treatment
of Opioid Dependence (AATOD).
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Virginia NAMA Addiction Treatment Watchdog Advocates for Recovery through Medicine Date: January 28, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods [email protected] Charles Kitts [email protected] Phone: (212) 595-6262 Terri Martinez [email protected] Chris Kelly [email protected] Delegate Marshall Long, D-Mercer County, West Virginia, plans to introduce a bill creating new state regulations for…
Policy Statement Number 1 April 1994 The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates supports the concept of Medical Maintenance and the prescribing of methadone outside of the methadone clinic setting. Medical Maintenance was initially implemented for patients who had achieved a high level of functionally in society and were hindered by the regulations that were conceived…
American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Washington, D.C. ~ April 13-16, 2003 Session: Workshop April 15, 2003 Medication – Assisted Treatment in Different Practice Settings: Patients’ Perspectives Joycelyn Woods, National Alliance of Methadone Advocates, Facilitator NAMA representativees will discuss the administration of methadone in a variety of settings. Topics will include the patients’…
American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Washington, D.C. ~ April 13-16, 2003 Hot Topic: Administrative Detox Facilitator: Joe Neuberger Delaware NAMA Bitch and Gripe.Com Administrative Detox is our subject. It is a policy whereby methadone patients in treatment are banished from their programs for the umbrella term of “non-compliance.” Now we’re not talking…
Methadose Dispensing Emmett Velten, Ph.D. is the Clinical Supervisor at the BAART Methadone Program, San Francisco, CA. Methadone has inspired an immense mythology. Perhaps it is the most extensive mythology surrounding any form of medical or psychological treatment, living or dead. Why has such a mythology developed? This question is important given the deadly stakes…
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