The Federal Regulations Pages are a work in progress.
In coming weeks they will be better formatted, indexed, etc. But due to
overwhelming demand, we have decided to place them up AS IS for the time being.
Please inform us of typos, etc.
PS- New York State regulations coming soon! If you have the methadone
regulations of other states, please contribute them!
We Speak Methadone Join NAMA’s Bulletin Board and talk with other patients or just read what is happening around the world. SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The federal agency that oversees mental health, substance abuse treatment and prevention agencies. CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The federal agency under SAMHSA that oversees…
Policy Statement Number 12 May 2003 For the past thirty-five years the only effective treatment for opiate addiction has been methadone treatment. From the start methadone treatment has been evaluated world wide with some studies that continue to this day. These studies are remarkably consistent in demonstrating that no matter what country, ethnicity, sex, education…
Myth #7 METHADONE DOES NO GOOD A former methadone patient, now a successful mother and pre-med student with several clean and sober years, was asked to comment on the idea that methadone does no good.4 She had been on methadone several times. The only thing being on methadone the first time did for me,…
Raise Money for NAMA When You Shop iGive is an organization on the Web that helps charities and organizations like NAMA. Basically the idea is that you sign up for your favorite charity and we hope you will choose NAMA and whenever you need to purchase something you can go to their mall. The iGive…
The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates supports the concept of Medical Maintenance and the prescribing of methadone outside of the methadone clinic setting. Medical Maintenance was initially implemented for patients who had achieved a high level of functionally in society and were hindered by the regulations that were conceived with the dysfunctional patient in mind….
“Together we can make a difference” METHADONE “A life saving medication” Maryland NAMA is the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) official chapter for the state of Maryland. NAMA is a world wide organization dedicated to the betterment of treatment for all methadone patients. Join us in the struggle! NAMA’s Goals To eliminate discrimination toward…
