The 2022 Richard Lane/Robert Holden Patient Advocacy Award was presented at an Awards Reception held in conjunction with the 2022 Conference of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) in Baltimore, Maryland on November 2, 2022. Richard Lane/Robert Holden Patient Advocacy Award Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release…
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Methadone treatment is entering a new era giving methadone patients opportunities that they never had before. Our views and issues are being taken seriously by many and it is important that advocacy organizations continue their important role as the patient’s voice. It is because of the hard work of many of the NAMA chapters that…
Model Policy Guidelines for Opioid Addiction Treatment in the Medical Office Draft approved for distribution July 2001 THE FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. Introduction On October 17, 2000, “The Children’s Health Act of 2000” (HR 4365) was signed into federal law. Section 3502 of that Act sets forth the “Drug…
Membership Application Please complete and send to: National Alliance of Methadone Advocates 435 Second Avenue New York, NY, 10010 Name: Mr / Ms _______________________________________________________________________ Organization: _____________________________________ Title: ______________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ City: ___________________________________________________ State: ______________________ Zip Code (Postal Code): ____________________ Country: ____________________________________ Telephone: ______________________________________ Circle One: Day Eve Telephone: ______________________________________ Circle One: Day Eve Fax: ________________________________…
Links Favorite Links National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Rokki’s Methadone List Bitch and Gripe Methadone Espanol Bulletin Board TexNAMA New Zealand Methadone Advocates Pagina del Gruppo SIMS (NAMA Materials in Italian) Brugerforeningen (NAMA Materials in Danish) Addiction Treatment Forum The Ibogaine Dossier American Society of Addiction Medicine Center for Substance Abuse Treatment CSAT Treatment Facility…
SAMHSA Press Release January 17, 2001 New federal regulations were issued today to improve the quality and oversight of substance abuse treatment programs that use methadone and other medication to treat heroin and similar addictions. The regulations create a new accreditation program managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for…
by Thomas D’Aunno, PhD; Harold A. Pollack, PhD Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 288, No. 7 August 21, 2002 Context Results from several studies conducted in the early 1990s showed that the majority of US methadone maintenance programs did not use treatment practices that met established standards for the care of heroin users….
