Affiliates & Chapters Index

New York City Many of you may not know who Ira was but to those who knew him from his writings and articles that appeared in many of our affiliates newsletters he was special. In many ways he was the typical patient who had been “hood winked” by the misinformation and negative barrage about methadone….

Raise Money for NAMA When You Shop iGive is an organization on the Web that helps charities and organizations like NAMA.  Basically the idea is that you sign up for your favorite charity and we hope you will choose NAMA and whenever you need to purchase something you can go to their mall. The iGive…

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Telephone (240) 276-2717 1Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1065 Facsimile (240) 276-1630 Rockville, Maryland 20857 E-mail: [email protected] Division of Pharmacologic Therapies DPT C. Todd Rosendale, MA Public Health Advisor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACSIMILE AInformation Memorandum@   This facsimile is intended only for the addressee…

Policy Statement Number 4 May 1994 Over the years methadone providers and patients have begun using client in place of patient. While this maybe well intended NAMA is concerned that the results could become damaging to methadone treatment, and most especially to patients. The use of client is deprogating to methadone patients, inferring that their…

Methadone Advocacy The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) holds the view that every individual who believes in methadone treatment is at least a potential Certified Methadone Advocate (CMA). We encourage all supporters of methadone treatment, patient and non-patient, to become Certified Methadone Advocates so that all energies directed toward the advancement of methadone treatment…

Justice Department Finds that Indiana State Nursing Board Discriminates Against People with Opioid Use Disorder March 30, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 25, 2022 Indianapolis – Today, the Justice Department found that the Indiana State Board of Nursing (Nursing Board) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (Ada) by prohibiting nurses who take medication to…