The Ombudsman

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Date: January 12, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods and Walter Ginter Phone: (212) 595-6262 NAMA has been involved in a Methadone Emergency Database Project which will create a way to verify a patient’s dose in the case of an emergency. Now we hear that the Methadone Emergency Database…

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Virginia NAMA Addiction Treatment Watchdog Advocates for Recovery through Medicine Date: January 28, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods [email protected] Charles Kitts [email protected] Phone: (212) 595-6262 Terri Martinez [email protected] Chris Kelly [email protected] Delegate Marshall Long, D-Mercer County, West Virginia, plans to introduce a bill creating new state regulations for…

The Basic Advocacy Training Session The training for certification includes a variety of topics to give advocates a well-grounded understanding of MAT, research, regulations and laws that protect MAT patients and programs. Medication Assisted Treatment  Basic clinical information about methadone and buprenorphine treatment. Regulations and Accreditation The federal regulations will be explained:  What they are and…

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Update on Regulations Countdown to Official Date 3-year Period of Transition Begins: May 17, 2001

It must be emphasized that methadone maintenance treatment is a medical treatment for narcotic addiction. Recent research has found that abstinent former heroin users have irregularities within their immune and endocrine systems. However, these irregularities are normalized with methadone maintenance. This further underscores that methadone maintenance is a medical treatment for a medical condition that…