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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 3, 2004.

(Featuring comments by Dana Moulton.)

White, Dann. West Virginia Methadone Advocates. Letter to West Virginia State Methadone Authority. May 6, 2004.

Woods, J. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Letter to National Board of Health and Welfare (Sweden). March 1, 2004.

Woods, J. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Letter to National Board of Health and Welfare (UK). March 1, 2004.

Charles “Hossy” Kitts. Virginia NAMA. Methadone bill is too restrictive (Letter) . Charleston Gazette, February 28, 2004.

Woods, J. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Letter to Governor Kulongoski, Oregon. February 26, 2004.

Woods, J. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Letter to Governor Wise, West Virginia. February 23, 2004.

Charles “Hossy” Kitts. Virginia NAMA. Re: Treatment or illegal drug?. Letter, February 18, 2004. (Unpublished)

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Methadone Maintenance Treatment is under attack in West Virginia. Press Release, January 28, 2004.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. PATIENT DIGNITY PROJECT THREATENED. Press Release, January 12, 2004.

Charles “Hossy” Kitts. Virginia NAMA. Letter to Delegate Long. January 2, 2004. (Unpublished)

2003

Woods, J. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. A New Era for Methadone Advocacy. In: Lowinson, J.H., Ruiz, P., Millman, R.B., Langrod, J.G. (eds). Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook. 3rd Edition, Williams & Wilkins (in press).

Carmen Arlt, Director of Chemical Dependency & Addictions, Porter-Starke Services and Director, The MAG Indiana. Heroin Addiction – How Methadone Works (LTE). The Munster Times, Monday, September 1, 2003.

Schultz, A. Mississippi NAMA.Mississippi Letter to Dr. Clark. July 10, 2003.

Woods, J. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Letter to the Editor, (Page 6, Further Evidence That Methadone Doesn’t Work 5/29/03).

New York Post, May 30, 2003.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. National Methadone Conference. April 13-16, 2003: Washington, D.C.. A collection of NAMA Presentations and events at the conference.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Methadone Advocate Training for Certification, a photo album of the day. National Methadone Conference. April 13-16, 2003: Washington, D.C..

Jo L. Sotheran, Ph.D., National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Getting The Most From a Conference: Planning and Networking (PowerPoint). Presented at the National Methadone Conference. April 13-16, 2003: Washington, D.C..

Honorary Patient Presentation, a photo album of the presentation. National Methadone Conference. April 13-16, 2003: Washington, D.C..

Joe Neuberger, Delaware NAMA. Administrative Withdrawal: Ethics, Implementations, and Alternatives. Presented at the National Methadone Conference. April 13-16, 2003: Washington, D.C..

Woods, J., Connolly, J., Lotsof, H., Baker, R. Medication Assisted Treatment in Different Practice Settings: Patients’ Perspectives. Basic Track. Presented at the National Methadone Conference. April 13-16, 2003: Washington, D.C..

Capozza, K.L. Drug May Offer Alternative for Heroin Addicts. Health Day News, February 20, 2003.

Interview with Joycelyn Woods, National Alliance of Methadone Advocates.

Woods, Joycelyn and Ginter, Walter. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Letter to the Editor (Methadone Grows as Killer Drug, 2/9/03). New York Times, February 10, 2003.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Letter to the Governor, Oregon  January 17, 2003.

Faces and Voices of Recovery. Brief Summary of the Addiction is NOT Fashionable Camapign. International protest against Dior Addict products and marketing, January 15, 2003.

Includes: City of Detroit Resolution (2002).

Connolly, James. Methadone Saves Lives (Letter). Scranton Times Tribune (01/08/2003). (Pennsylvania NAMA)

Common Sense for Drug Policy. Woods, Joycelyn. Experts Directory 2002-2003.

2002

Eikeland, Per Arvid. NORWAY: Debate on Narcotics. Dagbladet, 2 October 2002.

Republished in Opiate Addiction RX 2002 December, Ref 110.

Methadone Alliance.The supervised consumption of methadone. (leaflet).

Woods, Joycelyn. Blame Does Not Benefit Society. Scranton Times Tribune (12/04/2002). (National Alliance of Methadone Advocates)

Curley, B. FDA Approves Two Forms of Buprenorphine for Opiate Treatment. Join Together Online (10/09/2002). (Quote from Joycelyn Woods).

Woods, Joycelyn. Community Has Power To Make Heroin Addicts’ Journey To Recovery a Reality. Times Leader (PA)

23 Apr. 2002. (Available from the Media Awareness Project).

Woods, Joycelyn. Scant Treatment, Grim Toll (LTE). Scranton Times (PA) January 15, 2002. (Available from the Media Awareness Project).

2001

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. National Methadone Conference. October 7-10, 2001: St. Louis. A collection of NAMA Presentations and events at the conference.

Lotsof, Howard; Nessenbaum, Gary; Pearman, Carmen; Sotheran, Jo; DePasquale, James; Woods, Joycelyn. Past, Present and Future: A Selection of Unfinished Business in Methadone Treatment (Abstract).

Presented at the National Methadone Conference. October 7-10, 2001: St. Louis.

Nessenbaum, Gary. The Patients’ Perspectives on the Changes in the Methadone Treatment System (Abstract). In: Past, Present and Future: A Selection of Unfinished Business in Methadone Treatment. Presented at the National Methadone Conference. October 7-10, 2001: St. Louis.

Pearman, Carmen. Tapering – The Last Ten Milligrams (Abstract). In: Past, Present and Future: A Selection of Unfinished Business in Methadone Treatment. Presented at the National Methadone Conference. October 7-10, 2001: St. Louis.

Scro, Tony; Baker, Rokki; Finger, John; Finger, Barbara. Hepatitis C and the Methadone Patient (Poster). Presented at the National Methadone Conference. October 7-10, 2001: St. Louis. (PowerPoint)

Woods, Joycelyn; Sotheran, Jo; Rosendale, C. Todd; Christie, Fred; DePasquale, James; Murphy, Sean P. Unifying the Treatment Community (Abstract). Presented at the National Methadone Conference. October 7-10, 2001: St. Louis. (Pre-conference meeting)

Woods, Joycelyn. The Changing Role of the Patient Under the New Accreditation System (Abstract). In: Past, Present and Future: A Selection of Unfinished Business in Methadone Treatment.

Presented at the National Methadone Conference. October 7-10, 2001: St. Louis.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. NAMA IS REORGANIZING.. Press Release, February 10, 2001.

Woods, Joycelyn. Methadone Advocacy: The Voice of the Patient. Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine 2001 (January) 68(1): 75-78.

2000

Diorio, Alice; Fleury-Seaman, Diane; McCarthy, John. Planting Seeds and Watching Patients Grow (Abstract). Presented at the National Methadone Conference. April 9-12, 2000: San Francisco.

Euromethworks. The Methadone Alliance. Euromethwork Newsletter, March 2000, Issue no. 18.

Finger, John; Woods, Joycelyn; Fleury-Seaman, Diane; Christie, Fred; DePasquale, James. How Can We Develop and Strengthen Patient Advocacy Groups? (Abstract). Presented at the National Methadone Conference. April 9-12, 2000: San Francisco. (Pre-conference meeting)

1999

Network of Reform Groups. The Effective National Drug Control Strategy. 1999. (NAMA was a member of the Netowrk of Reform Groups and contributed the methadone sections).

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Rep. Bliley Introduces House Version of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 1999. Press Release, September 3,1999.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. New Project to Make the

State Regulations Available on the Web. Press Release, August 28, 1999.

DRCNet. Clinton Administration Proposes Changes to Methadone Regulations. Drug War Chronicle July 30, 1999. (Interview with Joycelyn Woods).

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. New Methadone Regulations in the U.S. Press Release, July 22, 1999.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. NAMA Collecting Grievance-Incident Reports. Press Release, July 20, 1999.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. CONGRESS MUST DEAL WITH SCHERING DRUG SCAM! Press Release, May 19, 1999.

Woods, Joycelyn. Methadone Misunderstood, But It Helps Heroin Addicts. USA Today February 2, 1999. (Available from the Media Awareness Project).

1998

BrugerForeningen. BrugerForeningen makes great strides for users in Denmark and the World.  (Report). BrugerForeningen: Denmark, 1998. 

Deschene-Dolloff, B.  One Patient’s Story. Methadone Today 1998 III, Issue 12. (Discussion of National Alliance of Methadone Advocates and Joycelyn Woods). (Reprinted from Journal of Maintenance in the Addictions, Vol. I, No. 3, 1998, pp. 83-87).

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. Mayor Guiliani’s Announcement About Plan to Close Methadone Programs in New York City. Press Release, July 25, 1998.

DRCNet. New York Mayor Giuliani Threatens to End Methadone Maintenance. Drug War Chronicle July 24, 1998. (Interview with Joycelyn Woods).

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates. The First Methadone Advocacy Conference. Press Release, May 15, 1998.

1997

Woods, Joycelyn. Narcotic blockade. Methadone Today 1997 II, Issue 8.

Woods, Joycelyn. Methadone Use Clarified. Dallas Morning News 20 Jul. 1997. (Available from the Media Awareness Project).