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DATE: Dear (Elected Official) Stigma, misinformation and myths are the reasons Methadone Maintenance Treatment faces opposition in many communities. Methadone Maintenance Treatment is the gold standard of opiate addiction treatment according to medical professionals throughout the world. The AMA (American Medical Association) and all other U.S. medical professional organizations support Methadone Maintenance Treatment. West Virginia…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Press Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods MA-CMA (212) 595-NAMA/6262 Jazz for Peace (212) 947-1104 For Release: July 1, 2004 NAMA is Pleased to Announce a Benefit Concert Performed by Rick DellaRatta One of the Top Jazz Vocalists of All Time Jazz For Peace? featuring Rick DellaRatta to perform benefit concert in…
Methadone maintenance treatment has been the most effective treatment for addiction to heroin resulting the cessation of heroin use and criminal behavior. Prior to the development of methadone maintenance treatment over 28 years ago narcotic addiction was considered incurable and a behavioral disorder under the control of law enforcement. Drs. Dole and Nyswander brought the…
Page 4098 Federal Register Vol. 66, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 17, 2001 / Rules and Regulations (i) Unsupervised or “take-home” use. To limit the potential for diversion of opioid agonist treatment medications to the illicit market, opioid agonist treatment medications dispensed to patients for unsupervised use shall be subject to the following requirements. (1)…
Resources Equal Parity On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. This puts in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will roll out over four years and beyond. Health reform includes several key steps in the next 4 years. Medicaid will be expanded to allow more people at the lowest…
February 10, 2004 We were hoping that this wouldn’t happen in because some legislators had come out in the media with reservations about this bill. Not so! House Bill #4387 which adds new restrictions on MMT clinics into the WV Health Code was introduced Tuesday February 10. 2004. You can view the bill in it’s…