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DOJ publishes guidance on Opioid Use Disorder and the Americans with Disabilities Act April 15, 2022 “The opioid crisis poses an extraordinary challenge to communities throughout our country. The Department of Justice (the Department) has responded with a comprehensive approach prioritizing prevention, enforcement, and treatment. This includes enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (Ada), which…

Number 1 Methadone Maintenance and Patient Self Advocacy By Arlene Ford (March, 1991). Number 2 Drug Policy in the Age of AIDS – The Philosophy of Harm Reduction By Rod Sorge (April, 1991). Number 3 Myths About Methadone by Emmett Velten (March, 1992). (Hardcopy Available). Number 4 Methadone, HIV Infection, and Immune Function By Herman…

TRIPS No Longer Operating This past Spring TRIPS the project that assists methadone patients to find an alternative site while traveling was closed. It happened very quickly and as you would expect created problems immediately. NAMA began receiving calls as early as March from patients trying to locate a program in the area that they…

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The intent of Bottle Recall initially was to be able to allow patients take home medication and to insure that methadone is not diverted to the streets. However, methadone programs have been giving patients take home medication for years without a serious methadone diversion problem. Furthermore numerous studies have demonstrated that methadone is not a…

FALSE!   This may not be as common as the other myths in this test, but it comes from the same kind of thinking (or rather, lack of thinking…). When the person who first told us this one was asked why she thought this was true, she said the same thing we always hear after…