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What Did You Do  For NAMA Today? Vermont Patient Denied Medication Despite Court Order Three years ago Keith Griggs, 40, was a strung out homeless addict. Today, after getting on a methadone program, Keith and his wife Tammy have worked hard at building a new life for themselves and their two children. Keith also just…

Herman Joseph, PhD 1931 – 2019 May 28, 2019 May 6, 2019 Dr. Joseph was one of the important influences on addiction and criminal justice during the latter 20th and early 21st century.  For more than 50 years he has worked as a social research scientist in the interrelated fields of addiction, treatment, criminal justice,…

Ira Sobel, M.A. is Staff Writer and Researcher for Methadone Awareness, Editor-at-Large for The Ombudsman and has written articles for the newsletters of many of NAMA’s affiliates. Have you ever been discriminated against because of being on methadone? Were you ever blackballed by a 12 step program and at the same time told to sit…

Methadone Treatment in New York by Michael Grenga and H. Spencer Nelson Michael Grenga and H. Spencer Nelson are members of NAMA and patients from programs in upstate New York.  When the first methadone programs were set up in this country, one of the biggest factors in allowing these programs to exist, was the rationale…

   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…

Press Release October 27, 2004 Contact: Joycelyn Woods (212) 595-6262 A Methadone Treatment Center in Alabama, “Shelby County Treatment Center” is under fire. After four trials, with no testimony or witnesses against them, a local county Judge granted a permanent injunction and says they have to stay closed. The State of Alabama that grants permission…