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Methadone Advocacy: The Time Has Come There are many approaches that a methadone advocacy organization can utilize to bring about change. TexNAMA’s primary objective (as part of NAMA) is the empowerment of patients. By confronting the negative stereotypes TexNAMA works to end the stigma and discrimination that has made recovery and reintegration back into society…
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…
The 2022 Certified Medication Assisted Treatment Advocate (CMA) Course will be held as a Pre-Conference Session of the 2022 AATOD Conference on:Sunday, October 30, 20229:00am – 5:00pmHilton Baltimore Inner Harbor401 W. Pratt StreetBaltimore, MD 21201We encourage all supporters of MAT, patient and non-patient, to become Certified MAT Advocates so that all energies directed toward the…
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Advocacy The National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery (NAMA-R) holds the view that every individual who believes in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is at least a potential Certified MAT Advocate (CMA). We encourage all supporters of MAT, patient and non-patient, to become Certified MAT Advocates so that all energies directed toward the advancement of…
Don’t forget! If you want to take the training you have to download a copy of the registration form and mail it to NAMA with $100. That includes $25 towards your 2003 NAMA membership. Download registration in pdf Download Registration as Word Pay by Credit Card and Reserve Now You can pay by credit card…
From NIDDK Fact Sheet Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management “Strict abstinence from alcohol is recommended during therapy with interferon. Interferon therapy can be associated with relapse in people with a previous history of drug or alcohol abuse. Therefore, alpha interferon should be given with caution to a patient who has only recently stopped alcohol…