NAMA Recovery Advocate

CONTENTS

• NAMA-Recovery Petition Site has Amassed over 3800 Signatures and 1st Person Testimonials Regarding Methadone Treatment’s Life-Saving Effects.
  
  
• Methadone Treatment Under Pressure in Many Jurisdictions, but Nowhere as Critical as the British Isles. (Conservative Government releases “Putting Recovery First” -- a Roadmap for the Elimination of MAT and Full Implementation of Abstinance Based Therapies)
  
  
• First Things First. A Word from NAMA-R's President Roxanne "Rokki" Baker.
  
  
• NYS OASAS Recognition for Advocates. Joycelyn Woods.
  
  
• One for the Files from the Editor Joe Neuberger

  What’s Happened to Evidence-Based Treatment?

• STOP STIGMA NOW Organization Takes Up the Gauntlet.
  
  
• Joycelyn Woods Speaks to the Year's Important Issues.
  
  
• NAMA-Recovery’s Medication Assisted Recovery Services (MARS) Project Celebrates Its Sixth Anniversary and Announces BEYOND MARS!!
  
  
• Hepatitis C Now Kills More Americans Than HIV
  Feb. 20, 2012 (HealthDay News)
  
  
• Winners of the 4th Annual “In My Own Words...” Essay Contest
  Three Winners in Medication-Assisted Recovery
  
  
• From Coast to Coast and Around The World NAMA Recovery Advocates Are Making a Difference.
  
  In the NAMA Recovery Trenches:
  
  1. from the Florida Chapter and NAMA-R’s National Chapter Coordinator - NANNETTE C. WOLLFARTH, CMA.
  2. from Indiana’s NAMA-Recovery Chapter, “MAG of Indiana” and the Heartland West’s Regional Director - CARMEN PEARMAN-ARLT, CMA.
  3. from Connecticuit NAMA-Recovery Chapter and the New England Director - KURT KEMMLING, CMA.
  4. from Canada’s NAMA-R International Affiliate Méta d’Âme/RAPDOQ - GUY PIERRE LÉVESQUE