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Nominations Open for the 2022 Richard Lane/Robert Holden Advocacy Award! May 1, 2022 Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release from prison in 1967, was instrumental in establishing one of the Nation’s first opioid treatment programs. In 1974, he became the Executive Director of Man Alive and later served as Vice President…

Justice Department Finds that Indiana State Nursing Board Discriminates Against People with Opioid Use Disorder March 30, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 25, 2022 Indianapolis – Today, the Justice Department found that the Indiana State Board of Nursing (Nursing Board) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (Ada) by prohibiting nurses who take medication to…

Methadone treatment is entering a new era giving methadone patients opportunities that they never had before. Our views and issues are being taken seriously by many and it is important that advocacy organizations continue their important role as the patient’s voice. It is because of the hard work of many of the NAMA chapters that…

Education Series Number 5.2 February 2001 (Revised) Joycelyn Woods has a graduate degree in neuroscience and psychopharmacology. She has published in neuroscience journals and is recognized internationally for her methadone advocacy work. She is a recipient of the “Richard Lane Methadone Advocacy Award.” Basic Opioid Pharmacology All natural and synthetic opioids exhibit a three dimensional…

[Revised as of October 1, 2001] Title 42–Public Health CHAPTER I–PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PART 2–CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PATIENT RECORDS Table of Contents Subpart A–Introducton **** Sec. 8.1   Scope. 8.2   Definitions. 8.3   Application for approval as an accreditation body. 8.4   Accreditation body responsibilities. 8.5   Periodic evaluation of accreditation bodies. 8.6   Withdrawal of approval…

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Executive Report DRAFT New York State Regulations, Page 4 of 5 Go to Page 5