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Not just in substance abuse, mental health, and AIDS services do methadone patients face routine discrimination. San Francisco MUNI will not allow methadone patients to drive its buses, even though an important legal ruling in New York overturned a similar policy (Beazer vs New York City Transit Authority, 1975). Not just in those instances but…
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…
TURNAROUND RUDY PUTS $5M IN METHADONE CLINICS By SUSAN RUBINOWITZ New York Post October 6, 1999 Mayor Giuliani has backed off further from his vow to end methadone treatment for heroin addicts – funding a $5 million expansion of the city’s clinics. The money is going to methadone centers at all 11 public hospitals to…
The First Patient Advocate’s Illumination Award Sunday, October 7th The Advocate’s Illumination Award is presented to an individual and/or treatment program whose persistence in the search of solutions to the myriad problems of addictive disease, has significantly improved the experience and outcome of treatment. Inscription The Opioid Agonist Treatment Advocacy Community with heartfelt thanks and…
Education Series Number 5.1 February 2001 (Revised) Joycelyn Woods has a graduate degree in neuroscience and psychopharmacology. She has published in neuroscience journals and is recognized internationally for her methadone advocacy work. She is a recipient of the “Richard Lane Methadone Advocacy Award.” The Lack of Education Ignorance about methadone abounds (Zweben and Sorensen, 1988)….
