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Policy Statement Number 7 January 1997 Methadone treatment has been in existence now for over thirty years returning to society more productive individuals than any other treatment modality. Yet, despite this success it is disparaged and misunderstood which has translated into bias and discrimination not only for the consumer of the treatment as even those…

Over the years methadone providers and patients have begun using client in place of patient. While this maybe well intended NAMA is concerned that the results could become damaging to methadone treatment, and most especially to patients. The use of client is deprogating to methadone patients, inferring that their addiction to narcotics is their fault…

to your representative in Congress Upcoming EventsThe next few years will be important and exciting for methadone maintenance treatment. The FDA will be handing over their authority to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and there will be changes in the methadone regulations to allow for physicians prescribing methadone.  The DEA will remain involved in…

Monday, October 18, 2004 One-By-One Just before the meeting the chapters start strolling in. Walking toward the table Howard Lotsof (NAMA), and standing in the doorway is Sharon Dembinski (NE NAMA-MOM) and Barbara Finger (TexNAMA), Charles Kitts (VA NAMA), Cheri Jarvis (VA NAMA) and Paul Bowman (Boston NAMA) discuss chapter issues, sitting at the end…

The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates supports the NIH Consensus Statement on Effective Treatment of Heroin Addiction that was facilitated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Health. The imprecate of this special statement should be understood in order to realize the impact that it can have on methadone maintenance…