United States California Methadone- A Legitimate Treatment Alternative Organization MALTA P.O. Box 1716 Marysville, CA 95901 Newsletter: The Malta Messenger Subscription: Donation apprecited Contact Persons: Diane Fleury-Seaman & Don Seaman Colorado Southern Colorado Affiliate of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (SCA-NAMA) 129 South Institute Colorado Springs, CO 80902 Contact Person: Pete Seal District Of…
What is International Drug User’s Day (IDUD) The IDUD is something that is not celebrated in the US. It is Novemeber 1st and the first celebration was in Holland (where else) and most of the big celebrations since have been there. But this year BF hosted the main event in Denmark and the US NAMA…
National Methadone Conference AMTA 2001 Tuesday, October 9th 2 P.M. Administrative Detox: Necessary Use or Abuse Joe Neuberger, Delaware NAMA James DePasquale, Long Beach Patient Committee This roundtable examined the practice of “administrative detoxification” from programs, and explored the conflicts between what programs often perceive as a necessary evil and patients often perceive as a…
New York Patients To Be Forced Out of Treatment?? Are you a methadone patient in New York State? Are you ready to: Be “detoxed” after 18 months in treatment? Be kicked off if you test “dirty” three times after six months? Be kept out of treatment for a full year if you voluntarily leave or…
p3″ align=”center”>References American Association for the Treatment of Opiate Dependence. QTc Interval Screening – AATOD Policy and Guidance Statement (March 30, 2009). Available from AATOD, 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014. Black, L. DEA officials visit Waukegan clinic during probe of methadone death. Chicago Tribune (August 7, 2009). Omaha News Staff. Father Believes Son…
Fifteen Years ago when NAMA first started, methadone advocacy was a few committed individuals who all knew one another. When on those rare occasions that new advocate became active she or he was mentored by a more experienced advocate. A few mistakes were made but the same mistake was seldom made twice. The result of…