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Court OKs methadone clinic for Shelby MALCOMB DANIELS and JOSEPH BRYANT, News staff writers. Birmingham News, Saturday, October 22, 2005. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals issued a ruling Friday that could clear the way for Shelby County’s first methadone clinic to open in Saginaw. A partner in a group that had applied for permission…

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF METHADONE ADVOCATES, NAMA IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A PERIOD OF ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOON.  WE ASK YOUR COOPERATION IN HELPING FACILITATE THIS TRANSITION BY POSTPONING ALL NON-ESSENTIAL, NON-EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION.    THE WEBSITE (https://www.Methadone.org) AND THE PHONE LINE (212-595-6262) WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE.  HOWEVER, UNTIL THE REORGANIZATION IS COMPLETE, WE…

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Stan Novick Stigma (STIG-ma): noun {From the Latin for “mark” or “brand”} a scar left by a hot iron a mark of shame or discredit an identifying mark or characteristic, i.e.: a specific diagnostic sign of a disease Everyone touched positively by methadone maintenance treatment is familiar with stigmatization. Patients, family members, friends, staff- we…

The Writer Asks to Have Their Name Withheld for Fear of Retaliation Imagine — a young woman is in the Ladies Room stall, the Door is being held open by a worker whose job it is to observe the woman (any female patient) give a urine sample. This sample is tested for any drugs that…