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Texas Alliance of Methadone Advocates We are dedicated to educating all methadone patients, counselors, familes, employers about the benefits of methadone. We are volunteers made up of patients, ex-patients, family members, employers, counselors, providers, doctors and you. We want to end the stigma associated with being on Methadone Maintence Treatment (MMT) by educating both patients…

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Press Release October 27, 2004 Contact: Joycelyn Woods (212) 595-6262 A Methadone Treatment Center in Alabama, “Shelby County Treatment Center” is under fire. After four trials, with no testimony or witnesses against them, a local county Judge granted a permanent injunction and says they have to stay closed. The State of Alabama that grants permission…

Get Ready for National Recovery Month in September NAMA declares 2005 THE YEAR OF RECOVERY FOR METHADONE PATIENTS Methadone patients have never been allowed to think of themselves as in recovery. This year the National Alliance of Methadone is declaring Recovery Month “The Year of Recovery for Methadone Patients.” Read the President’s Proclamation Time to…

These documents communicate the aspects of what quality methadone maintenance treatment should be. This is not a complete list of the Policy Statements that NAMA has issued.  Some important research by addiction treatment experts has been added. Methadone Medical Maintenance Policy Statement 1 April 1994 The Policy of Blind Dosing and Patient Dignity Policy Statement…

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…