Volumn 2, Number 1 February 15, 2000 Organizational News by Joycelyn Woods The big news as this year and the Millennium closes is that methadone is slowly moving to being an accepted medical treatment. This is only the beginning THE FIRST STEP – and there is still an immense amount of work to be done….

Conference 2000 American Methadone Treatment Association April 9-12, 2000 San Francisco Committee Chair John Finger Assistant to the Chair, Michael Garrett Co-chair, Alice Diorio Committee James DePasquale Becky Duarte Barbara Finger Carlos Franco Greg Keller Howard Lotsof Judith Ostergard Carmen Pearman Diane Seaman Joycelyn Woods NAMA Events and Activities Exhibition Booth Booth Manager: Greg Keller,…

National Methadone Conference AMTA 2001 A Conference Photo Album Hi Rokki! Proudly wearing her MALTA sweatshirt and NAMA Blue Ribbon Rokki discusses chapter issues with advocates between workshops. Roxanne Baker Chapter Coordinator and Board of Directors, NAMA President NAMA NorCal Carmen Say “Awardee”! Carmen networks with advocates during a break. “Oh it’s nothing!” she says…

Join Together Online January 21, 2003 While 616 physicians nationwide are now authorized to prescribe buprenorphine, its widespread use is still an issue, the Baltimore Sun reported on January 15. Product availability is the first problem. Despite receiving FDA approval in October, the manufacturer did not ship the product to pharmaceutical warehouses until last week….

  Whereas, substance use disorders are a serious and treatable public health problem affecting thousand of Americans of all ages, races, ethnic backgrounds and having huge medical ,societal and economic costs; and Whereas, methadone treatment is the “gold standard” for all drug and alcohol treatments and yet is misunderstood because of years of prejudice and…

[Federal Register: January 17, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 11)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 4075-4102] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17ja01-9]   [[Page 4075]]   ———————————————————————–   Part II   Department of Health and Human Services   ———————————————————————–   Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration   ———————————————————————–   21 CFR Part…