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).
Contents Note: These pages are, like the rest of our site, continually evolving. Non-working links will be activated shortly. Please report typos or errors to NAMA. Let’s Stop The Insanity by Anthony Scro Presidential Notes by Stan Novick The Editor’s Letter Methaphobia: Us and Them by Ira Sobel Stigma: The Invisible Barrier by Herman Joseph…
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…
The first training for certification will include a variety of topics to give advocates a well-grounded understanding of methadone treatment, research, regulations and laws that protect methadone patients and programs. Addiction and Methadone– Tom Payte, MD (Drug Dependence Associates) and Joycelyn Woods, MA. (NAMA) The biological constructs of addiction will be explained in…
Six Steps to Zero Deaths Never take a prescription painkiller unless it is prescribed to you. Everyone responds differently to pain medications. What is safe for one person may not be safe for another. Do not take pain medicine with alcohol. Never mix the two, it is a dangerous combination that can be deadly. Alcohol…
Workshop Wednesday, October 10th Past Present and Future: A Selection of Unfinished Business in Methadone Treatment Moderator, Howard Lotsof, NAMA Acting Membership Director Gary Nessenbaum, Washington Advocates for Methadone Maintenance (President). The Patients’ Perspectives on the Changes in the Methadone Treatment System. Carmen Pearman, NAMA Regional Director and The MAG of Indiana (President). Tapering –…
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF METHADONE ADVOCATES, NAMA IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A PERIOD OF ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOON. WE ASK YOUR COOPERATION IN HELPING FACILITATE THIS TRANSITION BY POSTPONING ALL NON-ESSENTIAL, NON-EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION. THE WEBSITE (https://www.Methadone.org) AND THE PHONE LINE (212-595-6262) WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE. HOWEVER, UNTIL THE REORGANIZATION IS COMPLETE, WE…
