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Contents Note: These pages are, like the rest of our site, continually evolving. Non-working links will be activated shortly. Please report typos or errors to NAMA. Let’s Stop The Insanity by Anthony Scro Presidential Notes by Stan Novick The Editor’s Letter Methaphobia: Us and Them by Ira Sobel Stigma: The Invisible Barrier by Herman Joseph…

NAMA Organizational Meeting Monday, October 8th, 7 P.M. Chairs Jo Sotheran, NAMA Board of Directors (Treasurer) Joycelyn Woods, NAMA Board of Directors (President) As meeting starts Joycelyn Woods looks on over the shoulders of Tony Scro (NAMA Grievance Coordinator), James DePasquale (Long Island NAMA) and Donna Schoen (LIJ Patient Committee). Jo Sotheran introduces the reasons…

Education Series Number 5.2 February 2001 (Revised) Joycelyn Woods has a graduate degree in neuroscience and psychopharmacology. She has published in neuroscience journals and is recognized internationally for her methadone advocacy work. She is a recipient of the “Richard Lane Methadone Advocacy Award.” Basic Opioid Pharmacology All natural and synthetic opioids exhibit a three dimensional…

J Psychoactive Drugs 1999 Apr-Jun;31(2):95-102 Maxwell S, Shinderman M Center for Addictive Problems Chicago, Illinois  60610 Using signs, symptoms and serum methadone levels to guide evaluation, the authors treated 164 patients in a methadone maintenance program with doses of methadone exceeding 100 mg/d. The mean dose of these higher dose (HD) patients was 211 mg/d…

Education Series Number 7 August 2003 (Revised) What is Managed Care? Managed care is a complex system that involves the active coordination of, and the arrangement for, the provision of health services and coverage of health benefits. The most common types of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) include Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)…

Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release from prison in 1967 helped to start Man Alive, one of the Nation’s first methadone treatment programs. In 1974, he became Executive Director of the program and later served as Vice President of the American Methadone Treatment Association. He served on several committees and was…