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National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Executive Report |
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DRAFT New York State Regulations, Page 4 of 5
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National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Executive Report |
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DRAFT New York State Regulations, Page 4 of 5
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Policy Statement Number 3 May 1994 It must be emphasized that methadone maintenance treatment is a medical treatment for narcotic addiction. Recent research has found that abstinent former heroin users have irregularities within their immune and endocrine systems. However, these irregularities are normalized with methadone maintenance. This further underscores that methadone maintenance is a medical…
Overview Welcome to the official page of the Annual NAMA Recovery Conference! Join us as we explore the latest advancements in medication-assisted treatment (MAT), share success stories, and discuss strategies to overcome challenges in the journey toward recovery. This event brings together patients, healthcare providers, advocates, and policymakers to foster dialogue and drive positive change…
October 9, 2002 NIDA Contact: Michelle Person 301-443-6245 SAMHSA Contact: Leah Young 301-443-8956 Buprenorphine, a new medication developed through more than a decade of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will now become available to treat heroin and other opioid dependence through certification and training of physicians to use the medication…
Herman Joseph, PhD 1931 – 2019 May 28, 2019 May 6, 2019 Dr. Joseph was one of the important influences on addiction and criminal justice during the latter 20th and early 21st century. For more than 50 years he has worked as a social research scientist in the interrelated fields of addiction, treatment, criminal justice,…
FALSE! Extensive research has demonstrated that stabilized methadone maintenance patients are indistinguishable from control groups in cognitive functioning and motor skills. Stable MMT patients can not be distinguished from control groups by way of anything short of a toxicological screening. References: Gordon, N.B.: The functional status of the methadone maintained person; In: Simmons, L.R.S….
