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National Methadone Conference AMTA 2001 A Conference Photo Album Hi Rokki! Proudly wearing her MALTA sweatshirt and NAMA Blue Ribbon Rokki discusses chapter issues with advocates between workshops. Roxanne Baker Chapter Coordinator and Board of Directors, NAMA President NAMA NorCal Carmen Say “Awardee”! Carmen networks with advocates during a break. “Oh it’s nothing!” she says…

STOP METHADONE IGNORANCE It is not uncommon for individuals with a long history of illicit opiate use to remain in methadone treatment as a long term patient. Many often say that without methadone treatment they would probably be dead. Other forms of treatment were not effective and they had come to believe that they would…

Number 1 Methadone Maintenance and Patient Self Advocacy By Arlene Ford (March, 1991). Number 2 Drug Policy in the Age of AIDS – The Philosophy of Harm Reduction By Rod Sorge (April, 1991). Number 3 Myths About Methadone by Emmett Velten (March, 1992). (Hardcopy Available). Number 4 Methadone, HIV Infection, and Immune Function By Herman…

Methadone Advocacy: The Time Has Come There are many approaches that a methadone advocacy organization can utilize to bring about change. TexNAMA’s primary objective (as part of NAMA) is the empowerment of patients. By confronting the negative stereotypes TexNAMA works to end the stigma and discrimination that has made recovery and reintegration back into society…

NAMA wishes to thank the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for their Support of Certified Methadone Advocate Training at the 2003 AATOD Conference in Washington DC. NAMA wishes to offer special thanks to Mallinckrodt  and American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD).