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April 2012 CONTENTS NAMA-Recovery Petition Site has Amassed over 3800 Signatures and 1st Person Testimonials Regarding Methadone Treatments 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…

Alabama Website: http://www.mh.state.al.us/services/sa/sa-main_html Click Here for Website SMA Contact Person: Ms. Dory Hector State Methadone Authority AL Dept of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Substance Abuse Services Division RSA Union Building Montgomery, AL 36130 Phone: (334) 242-3957 Fax: (334) 242-0759 Email: [email protected] State Director: Kent Hunt Division of Substance Abuse Services Department of Mental Health…

FALSE!   Extensive research has demonstrated that stabilized methadone maintenance patients are indistinguishable from control groups in cognitive functioning and motor skills. Stable MMT patients can not be distinguished from control groups by way of anything short of a toxicological screening. References: Gordon, N.B.: The functional status of the methadone maintained person; In: Simmons, L.R.S….

The belief that substances addict people is driven by the fact that few people have any real idea of responsibility without considering it to be equivalent to blame.  The whole disease theorys main attraction is that it gets people off the hook.  If their disease make them behave poorly, then they are not to blame. …

Helping NAMA Recovery We want Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT, i.e. methadone, buprenorphine, etc.) patients to think of NAMA Recovery as their union supporting patients and quality methadone treatment. We want healthcare professionals and policy makers to think of NAMA Recovery as their union because we support the quality methadone treatment that they provide. When you…

2009 National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. NAMA Announces New Name. Press Release, April 26, 2009. 2004 National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Calls on Advocates To Remind Policy Makers To Include Medication Assisted Treatment in Access to Recovery Grants. Press Release, June 14, 2004. Curley, B. Recovery Advocates Sharpen Their Skills. Join Together, June…