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Category: Patient Rights
DOJ publishes guidance on Opioid Use Disorder and the Americans with Disabilities Act April 15, 2022 “The opioid crisis poses an extraordinary challenge to communities throughout our country. The Department of Justice (the Department) has responded with a comprehensive approach prioritizing prevention, enforcement, and treatment. This includes enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (Ada), which…
Write to Your Representatives
If you do one thing for methadone patients this year…. DO THIS! Write to your representative in Congress and tell them that methadone saved your life and that it works. You do not have to sign your name you can make up a name like “Mary Methadone” or “Tommy Treatment” and say that you cannot…
NAMA SITE SEARCH
Search the NAMA site with Digital Equipment Corporation’s excellent ALTAVISTA search engine! Just type your search term(s) next to the text Reading “url:Methadone.org” Search for: NOTE: This search takes you away from our site. Either use your browser’s “Back” button or choose one of the results returned by AltaVista to continue with us.
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Sniffing, Snorting Drugs May Raise HCV Risk by Theresa Waldron Reuters Health 4 Jul. 2003 Source: Journal of Medical Virology. 2003;70:387-390. People who snort or sniff heroin in combination with cocaine may be at increased risk of developing the liver infection hepatitis C, according to a new study. Thomas Kresina, a spokesman for the National…
Justice Department Finds that Indiana State Nursing Board Discriminates Against People with Opioid Use Disorder
Justice Department Finds that Indiana State Nursing Board Discriminates Against People with Opioid Use Disorder NAMA Recovery Patient Rights March 30, 2022 | 0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 25, 2022 Indianapolis – Today, the Justice Department found that the Indiana State Board of Nursing (Nursing Board) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act…