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For years it had been suspected that opiates had specificbinding sites in the brain. There were several attempts tolocate these sites, but the existing technologies were unable todistinguish between the non specific binding to tissue and thespecific binding to receptors. It must be mentioned here thatthe first attempt to actually measure specific opiate bindingwas in…
The Writer Asks to Have Their Name Withheld for Fear of Retaliation Imagine — a young woman is in the Ladies Room stall, the Door is being held open by a worker whose job it is to observe the woman (any female patient) give a urine sample. This sample is tested for any drugs that…
Education Series Number 10 June 2004 The New Federal Regulations What Do They Mean for Patients? Methadone treatment in the U.S. is changing before our eyes. Some of this change has been rapid; some of it will take years or decades. Some patients have heard about new federal regulations, including an end to automatic dose…
LATEST REPORTS Monday, April 16, 2001 April 2000, Governor Dean Promises To Veto Any Methadone Bill (but finally gives in if he is allowed to rewrite the recommendations of his own experts). Act 123 An Act Relating To Treatment Of Opiate Addiction (this links you to Vermont’s website and full text of the…
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Anthony Scro is a NAMA volunteer, founder of the NAMA affiliate Association for the Betterment of Addiction Treatment and Education (ABATE) and has been a methadone advocate for over 20 years. It goes on and on. It seems like it may never end. We’ve all heard the same questions. Suffered the same humiliation. “When are…
