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What is International Drug User’s Day (IDUD) The IDUD is something that is not celebrated in the US. It is Novemeber 1st and the first celebration was in Holland (where else) and most of the big celebrations since have been there. But this year BF hosted the main event in Denmark and the US NAMA…

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   Contents          The Pharmacology of Opioids  Cont.      Back    Education Series Number 5.1  February 2001 (Revised)  Part 2 continued     Figure 3 The Methadone Molecule.  The two dimensional representation of the methadone molecule is very different from that of morphine. However, molecules are three dimensional and the methadone molecule bends into a structure that is very…

This is a super-duper double issue of The Ombudsman and I think that you’ll agree with me that it is the best one yet. With each issue I worry because I believe that the issue is so good that it just could not be “topped” and I don’t want the next issue to be disappointing….

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 with the dysfunctional patient in mind….