These facts were important, of course, to Dole and Nyswander, but were completely crucial in their long battle to get government to go along with the idea of methadone maintenance.  Government reflects Americans practical tendency as well as its moralistic, judgmental tendency, and in this case the practical tendency can out on top.  Government allowed…

Policy Statements Educational Series NAMA Advocate NAMA Newsletter The Ombudsman – Archives OMBUDSMAN (SWEDISH) a government official (as in Sweden or New Zealand) appointed to receive and investigate complaints made by individuals against abuses or capricious acts of public officials. one that investigates reported complaints (as from students or consumers), reports findings, and helps to…

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…

Addiction Treatment Watchdog Advocates for Recovery through Medicine Date: January 28, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods [email protected] Charles Kitts [email protected] Phone: (212) 595-6262 Terri Martinez [email protected] Chris Kelly [email protected] Delegate Marshall Long, D-Mercer County, West Virginia, plans to introduce a bill creating new state regulations for Opiate Treatment Programs. Long is eyeing regulations…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 9, 2002 NIDA Contact: Michelle Person 301-443-6245 SAMHSA Contact: Leah Young 301-443-8956 NIDA Research and SAMHSA Physician Training Combine to Put Care for Opiate Dependence in Hands of Family Doctor. Buprenorphine, a new medication developed through more than a decade of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),…

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