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Methadone Advocacy The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) We encourage all supporters of methadone treatment, patient and non-patient, to become Certified You do not have to be a patient to be a methadone advocate. Fifteen Years ago when NAMA first started, methadone advocacy was a few committed A few mistakes were made but the same mistake was seldom made twice. The result Methadone Advocacy is no longer a few committed individuals. Hundreds of people with |
The Methadone Alliance. Euromethwork Newsletter Mar. 2000, Issue 18. The Methadone Alliance supports people who receive prescribed drugs for the treatment of their drug dependency. We are users and sympathetic professionals working together as equals in a unique initiative to give drug users a voice in the drug policy debate. The Methadone Alliance actively promotes…
________________________________ Your Name ________________________________ Address ________________________________ City, State, Zip Date____________________________ Honorable Senator ________________ United States Senate Washington, DC 20515 Dear Senator _____________________: On February 11, 1999 Senator McCain introduced S423 the Addiction Free Treatment Act. This legislation was intended as a political assault on the Office of National Drug Control Policy…
MARS services include: training in medication assisted recovery, a mix of culturally appropriate support groups, drug and alcohol free social activities, recovery celebratory events, peer leader training and mentoring, and a peer council to help direct the development of the project. The most important part of MARS is the Core Training in Addiction and how…
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…
Education Series Number 4 August 1994 Methadone, HIV Infection and Immune Function by Herman Joseph Studies undertaken over the past two decades, primarily by Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek of The Rockefeller University, and corroborated by other scientists throughout the world have established the long-term medical safety of methadone maintenance treatment (Kreek, 1992; Kreek, 1987; Kreek,…
