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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…
Policy Statement Number 12 May 2003 For the past thirty-five years the only effective treatment for opiate addiction has been methadone treatment. From the start methadone treatment has been evaluated world wide with some studies that continue to this day. These studies are remarkably consistent in demonstrating that no matter what country, ethnicity, sex, education…
Starting your own program sounds like an impossible goal — while it will be hard work it is doable! You will not be first patient to open a program and hopefully, you will not be the last. The primary reason for a patient opening a program is that it will give you and the patients…
Policy Statement Number 14 July 2003 As methadone programs have become more punitive the policy of observing the patient while giving a urine specimen has become more common. Fortunately, these policies have remained the exception, as the majority of programs do not find the need to scrutinize their patients. Patients state that it is of…
Award Discussion At Joycelyn Wood’s table waiting for the Banquet to start Gary Nessenbaum, Judith Ostergard and Donna Schoen talk about the conference (l to r) The Nyswander -Dole Award Fondly called “The Marie” after Dr. Nyswander the Dole – Nyswander Award was first presented in 1983 to recognize extraordinary work in the field. Recipients…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates 435 Second Avenue New York, NY 10010 Phone: (212) 595-6262 Review Guidelines for the Federation of State Medical Boards Model Policy Guidelines for Opioid Addiction Treatment in the Medical Office Section I Preamble Paragraph 2 The second sentence should also include the fact that Medical Maintenance has been demonstrated to…