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Policy Statement Number 6 August 1995 NAMA is well aware of the importance Methadone Anonymous has had on patients across the United States. Organizing a 12 step group is hard work and the commitment of Methadone Anonymous to the recovery of methadone patients is apparent. Methadone Anonymous contends with the same discrimination and stigma that…

FALSE!   While a significant minority of methadone patients become alcoholic, over 98% were heavy or problem drinkers prior to their introduction to heroin. The statistics for cocaine abusers are similar. Methadone maintenance is not a treatment for non-opioid drug abuse. The patient who responds best to methadone maintenance treatment is one who has a…

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. …

NAMA Advocate The Ombudsman NAMA Talk Vol.6 No.2   pdf format Special Focus: Treatment Access In Tough Economic Times. (Fall 2010) Vol.6 No.1   pdf format A New Name for a Revitalized Patient Advocacy Organization. (Winter 2010) Vol.5 No.1   pdf format AATOD Edition, Methadone Under Attack (Spring 2006) Vol.4 No.2   pdf format Accreditation…

Marc REISINGER, M.D. ( Presented at the European Methadone Association Forum, AMTA Methadone Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 31, 1995 ) European Methadone Association 27 rue de la Vanne 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel + Fax : 322 640 46 28 [email protected] SUMMARY Methadone prescribing increased tenfold in the last four years in Belgium. This has been…

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment July 22, 1999 Contact: Jim Michie Phone: 1-800-487-4890 Leah Young Phone: 301-443-3740 Methadone programs will have to be accredited under a new proposal announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The new accreditation program will be managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…