Letter

Birmingham News (Alabama), October 15, 2004 Friday. Shelby County’s first proposed methadone clinic won’t be allowed to open after a judge ruled that nearby residents were misled about the owners’ intentions. Shelby County Circuit Judge Dan Reeves granted a permanent injunction Thursday against the Shelby County Treatment Center on U.S. 31 in Saginaw. Reeves’ order…

American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Washington, D.C. ~ April 13-16, 2003 Session: Workshop April 15, 2003 Medication – Assisted Treatment in Different Practice Settings: Patients’ Perspectives Joycelyn Woods, National Alliance of Methadone Advocates, Facilitator NAMA representativees will discuss the administration of methadone in a variety of settings. Topics will include the patients’…

The Board of Directors decided that the organization needed some mechanism to recognize NAMA chapters and other advocates who have done something that is exceptional. Thus it was decided that when their was an instance in which an advocate or individual took on a situation that was challenging and displayed exceptional skill in confronting it…

Changes in Methadone Treatment Practices: Results From a National Panel Study, 1988-2000 by Thomas D’Aunno, PhD; Harold A. Pollack, PhD Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 288, No. 7 August 21, 2002 Context Results from several studies conducted in the early 1990s showed that the majority of US methadone maintenance programs did not use…

________________________________ Your Name ________________________________ Address ________________________________ City, State, Zip Date____________________________         Honorable Senator  ________________ United States Senate Washington, DC  20515 Dear Senator _____________________: On February 11, 1999 Senator McCain introduced S423 the Addiction Free Treatment Act. This legislation was intended as a political assault on the Office of National Drug Control Policy…

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….