Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release from prison in 1967, was instrumental in establishing one of the Nation’s first opioid treatment programs. In 1974, he became the Executive Director of Man Alive and later served as Vice President of the American Methadone Treatment Association (now AATOD) and as Vice Chairman of…
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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…
Anthony Scro is a NAMA volunteer, founder of the NAMA affiliate Association for the Betterment of Addiction Treatment and Education (ABATE) and has been a methadone advocate for over 20 years. It goes on and on. It seems like it may never end. We’ve all heard the same questions. Suffered the same humiliation. “When are…
Our Mission Today over a million people in this country are suffering from an addiction to opiates. The fortunate ones are those who have sought treatment… those who take a single dose of medication each day to be free of opiate addiction. It was 50 years ago that a group of three doctors at Rockefeller…
Education Series Number 9 January 1999 Letter Supplement O N Y O U R L E T T E R H E A D Dear Doctor: The bearer of this letter is a patient in a methadone maintenance treatment program. Methadone patients frequently need treatment for other medical, surgical, and dental conditions. At times the health professional…
The National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery (NAMA-R) is an organization of medication assisted treatment (MAT) patients, healthcare professionals, friends, and associates working together for greater public understanding and acceptance of MAT. Promotingquality MAT as the most effective modality for the treatment of opiate dependence. NAMA-R’s Goals To eliminate discrimination toward MAT patients To create…
The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (nama) holds the view that every individual who believes in methadone treatment is at least a potential Certified Methadone Advocate (CMA). We encourage all supporters of methadone treatment, patient and non-patient, to become Certified Methadone Advocates so that all energies directed toward the advancement of methadone treatment produce…
