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The Reception 40 Years Wow It’s hard to believe… Dr. Tom Payte the Conference Chair (a CMA too) cuts the cake while Mark Parrino Director of AATOD looks on with a big smile. Walter Talks PSCEP with Yvette Torres The reception is a great place to network so Walter Ginter (Vice President) finds Yvette Torres…

NAMA’s Comments to the Federation of State Medical Boards Prepared by: National Alliance of Methadone Advocates 435 Second Avenue New York, NY 10010 Phone: (212) 595-6262 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…

The next few years will be important and exciting for methadone maintenance treatment. On May 17, 2001 the oversight of methadone was officially removed from the FDA and handed over to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. We are currently in a3-year transition period during which CSAT is slowly setting policy which includes accreditation of…

Tennessee/NW Georgia Chapter of the National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery And we believe in the 5 goals of NAMA-R: To eliminate discrimination toward methadone patients. To create a more positive image about methadone maintenance treatment. To help preserve patient’s dignity and their rights. To make treatment available on demand to every person who needs…

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…