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Medical maintenance program offers one on one By Erin O’Hearn
ByAdminAdmin 06/18/2023Capitol News Channel 9, May 23, 2004. Before Regina Belser began going to a methadone clinic, she said her life revolved around her addiction. The time was spent where and when she was going to get her next hit without getting caught, going to jail or getting killed. After she began methadone, she gained confidence,…
Methadone Treatment in New York by Michael Grenga and H. Spencer Nelson
ByAdminAdmin 10/08/2021Michael Grenga and H. Spencer Nelson are members of NAMA and patients from programs in upstate New York. Grenga, M. and Nelson, H.S. 1995. Methadone Treatment in New York. The Ombudsman (Spring/Summer) No. 3/4: 5-6. When the first methadone programs were set up in this country, one of the biggest factors in allowing these programs to…
Stop Methadone Ignorance
ByAdminAdmin 08/26/2022Six Steps to Zero Deaths Never take a prescription painkiller unless it is prescribed to you. Everyone responds differently to pain medications. What is safe for one person may not be safe for another. Do not take pain medicine with alcohol. Never mix the two, it is a dangerous combination that can be deadly. Alcohol…
JUDGE RULES AGAINST METHADONE CLINIC JOSEPH D. BRYANT News staff writer
ByAdminAdmin 11/07/2021Birmingham 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…
Myths About Methadone by Emmett Velten
ByAdminAdmin 10/21/2021Not just in substance abuse, mental health, and AIDS services do methadone patients face routine discrimination. San Francisco MUNI will not allow methadone patients to drive its buses, even though an important legal ruling in New York overturned a similar policy (Beazer vs New York City Transit Authority, 1975). Not just in those instances but…
TENNESSEE & Northwest Georgia NAMA-R
ByAdminAdmin 12/21/2021Tennessee/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…