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Telling The Untold Methadone Success Stories This Treatment Works “There may be no more effective way to contain heroin abuse than methadone, a drug that blocks an addict’s craving. Yet new efforts to expand use of methadone have inspired new attacks on it, attacks that deny common sense.“ -The New York Times, April 8, 1990…

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The belief that substances addict people is driven by the fact that few people have any real idea of responsibility without considering it to be equivalent to blame.  The whole disease theorys main attraction is that it gets people off the hook.  If their disease make them behave poorly, then they are not to blame. …

NAMA Organizational Meeting Monday, October 8th, 7 P.M. Chairs Jo Sotheran, NAMA Board of Directors (Treasurer) Joycelyn Woods, NAMA Board of Directors (President) As meeting starts Joycelyn Woods looks on over the shoulders of Tony Scro (NAMA Grievance Coordinator), James DePasquale (Long Island NAMA) and Donna Schoen (LIJ Patient Committee). Jo Sotheran introduces the reasons…

Education Series Number 10 June 2004 The New Federal Regulations What Do They Mean for Patients? Methadone treatment in the U.S. is changing before our eyes. Some of this change has been rapid; some of it will take years or decades. Some patients have heard about new federal regulations, including an end to automatic dose…

Blame Does Not Benefit Society LTE [email protected] Ref: Myles F. Jacques 12/4/2002 Choice has consequences Editor: In responding to Jerome Kukaitis’ Nov. 27 letter regarding Mayor Wiercinski’s comment that “Hell would freeze over first before a methadone clinic opens in Dickson City” Mr. Jacques misses several vital points. 1. Addiction is a medical condition. It…