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Not just in substance abuse, mental health, and AIDS services do methadone patients face routine discrimination. San Francisco MUNI will not allow methadone patients to drive its buses, even though an important legal ruling in New York overturned a similar policy (Beazer vs New York City Transit Authority, 1975). Not just in those instances but…
Affiliates Package The first 2 parts of the Affiliates Package are in Ebook format. This means that your computer sees the file as an application and it will have an “exe” file extension. If you click on the file like it is an application – the Ebook with the documents will open. You can then…
FALSE! Current research shows that doses below 60 mg/day are “not effective and hence not appropriate” and that low dose policies for pregnant and non-pregnant patients are associated with increased drug use as well as reduced program retention. Medical withdrawal of opioid dependent women is not recommended in pregnancy because of increased risk to the…
February 9, 2004 NAMA is pleased to announce that Dr. Marc Shinderman has been recognized in Europe for his pioneering work in addiction treatment medicine. The award was presented this past December during the European Methadone Conference (Pietrosanta, Italy). One of NAMA’s international affiliates, Roberto Nardini of Sociali Gruppo SIMS helped with the presentation. The…
Issues To Focus On Massachusetts Restores Methadone Funding Highlights from a compromise budget plan unveiled by House and Senate leaders on Thursday The $22.3 billion plan would: Restore Medicaid funding for 36,000 people under MassHealth Basic; Preserve a popular prescription drug coverage program for the elderly; Repeal the voter-approved Clean Elections law; Tighten the Quinn…
Wisconsin Chapter of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates 3237 North Dousman Milwaukee, WI 53212 President Greg Keller Mission Statement WI NAMA believes in the same Mission and goals as NAMA. Since its beginning over 25 years ago, methadone maintenance has been the most popular treatment for narcotic addiction. Many times over the years methadone…