Issue Number 3/4, Spring/Summer 1995 Contents Let’s Stop The Insanity by Anthony Scro Presidential Notes by Stan Novick The Editor’s Letter Methaphobia: Us and Them by Ira Sobel Stigma: The Invisible Barrier by Herman Joseph and Joycelyn Woods Methadone Treatment in New York by M. Grenga and H. S. Nelson Methaphobia Crossword Puzzle The Impact…

You have to register for the Certified Methadone Advocate Training course through NAMA. The training course is one day. The first training will be at the AATOD Conference in Washington on Saturday April 12, 2003. The cost of course is $100 and includes 2003 membership in NAMA. Everyone who pre-registers and completes the requirements will…

Birmingham News (Alabama), October 15, 2004 Friday. Shelby County’s first proposed methadone clinic won’t be allowed to open after a judge ruled that nearby residents were misled about the owners’ intentions. Shelby County Circuit Judge Dan Reeves granted a permanent injunction Thursday against the Shelby County Treatment Center on U.S. 31 in Saginaw. Reeves’ order…

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Home News Tribune (NJ) June 15, 2004 . MIDDLESEX COUNTY: A judge was wrong to sentence a pregnant drug-addicted woman, who violated probation, to a prison term solely to safeguard the health of her fetus, a state appeals court ruled yesterday. The appeals court found the judge, sitting in Superior Court, New Brunswick, did not…

The bias and misunderstandings about methadone as a medication often result in methadone patients being refused medical care (Umbricht-Schneiter, 1994; Zweben and Sorensen, 1988). Another common scenario is that their medication is used to coerce or manipulate methadone patients into medical treatment (Blansfield, 1992). In other areas of medicine such actions would be considered unethical…