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Press Conference Wednesday, October 10th Jeanne Henry Director Office of Public Affairs State of Missouri, Department of Mental Health The last day of the conference the Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Office of Public Affairs interviewed many of the luminaries attending the conference. Included in the interviews were Joycelyn Woods, Howard Lotsof and Barbara Finger….
Nominations Open for the 2022 Richard Lane/Robert Holden Advocacy Award! May 1, 2022 Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release from prison in 1967, was instrumental in establishing one of the Nation’s first opioid treatment programs. In 1974, he became the Executive Director of Man Alive and later served as Vice President…
Basic Pharmacology: How Methadone Works Part 2 Basic Opioid Pharmacology All natural and synthetic opioids exhibit a three dimensional T-shaped configuration (Barchas, Berger, Ciaranello and Elliott, 1977). This T-shaped molecule has two broad hydrophobic surfaces which are at right angles and a methylated nitrogen which is usually charged at physiological pH. The charged nitrogen is…
TRIPS No Longer Operating This past Spring TRIPS the project that assists methadone patients to find an alternative site while traveling was closed. It happened very quickly and as you would expect created problems immediately. NAMA began receiving calls as early as March from patients trying to locate a program in the area that they…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Dear Advocates: Since its beginning over 30 years ago methadone maintenance has been the preferred treatment for narcotic addiction by the drug user. Many times it has been demonstrated to be the most effective treatment for heroin addiction, resulting in the termination both of heroin use and of criminal behavior. …
Workshop Wednesday, October 10th Past Present and Future: A Selection of Unfinished Business in Methadone Treatment Moderator, Howard Lotsof, NAMA Acting Membership Director Gary Nessenbaum, Washington Advocates for Methadone Maintenance (President). The Patients’ Perspectives on the Changes in the Methadone Treatment System. Carmen Pearman, NAMA Regional Director and The MAG of Indiana (President). Tapering –…
