The National Methadone Conference

Nominations Open for the 2022 Richard Lane/Robert Holden Advocacy Award! May 1, 2022 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…

Press Conference Wednesday, October 10th Jeanne Henry Director Office of Public Affairs State of Missouri, Department of Mental Health The last day of the conference the Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Office of Public Affairs interviewed many of the luminaries attending the conference. Included in the interviews were Joycelyn Woods, Howard Lotsof and Barbara Finger….

The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates supports the concept of Medical Maintenance and the prescribing of methadone outside of the methadone clinic setting. Medical Maintenance was initially implemented for patients who had achieved a high level of functionally in society and were hindered by the regulations that were conceived with the dysfunctional patient in mind….

Education Series Number 3 March 1992 Emmett Velten, Ph.D. is the Clinical Supervisor at the BAART Methadone Program, San Francisco, California. He has worked in methadone treatment as a clinician for over 25 years. Methadone has inspired an immense mythology. Perhaps it is the most extensive mythology surrounding any form of medical or psychological treatment,…

HEROIN ADDICTION – HOW METHADONE WORKS Carmen Arlt, Director of Chemical Dependency & Addictions, Porter-Starke Services and Director, The MAG Indiana The Munster Times Mon, 01 Sep 2003 Porter Starke Services’ Chemical Dependency and Addictions Program has a clear understanding of the dynamics involved in heroin addiction. While we do not dispense methadone, we believe…