Get Ready for National Recovery Month in SeptemberNAMA declares 2003 THE YEAR OF RECOVERY FOR METHADONE PATIENTS Methadone patients have never been allowed to think of themselves as in recovery. This year the National Alliance of Methadone is declaring Recovery Month “The Year of Recovery for Methadone Patients.” What can you do to make this happen?
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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…
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Press Release Contact: Joycelyn Woods MA-CMA (212) 595-NAMA/6262 Jazz for Peace (212) 947-1104 For Release: July 1, 2004 NAMA is Pleased to Announce a Benefit Concert Performed by Rick DellaRatta One of the Top Jazz Vocalists of All Time Jazz For Peace? featuring Rick DellaRatta to perform benefit concert in…
Issue Number 3/4, Spring/Summer 1995 Contents Let’s Stop The Insanity by Anthony Scro Presidential Notes by Stan Novick The Editor’s Letter Methaphobia: Us and Them by Ira Sobel Stigma: The Invisible Barrier by Herman Joseph and Joycelyn Woods Methadone Treatment in New York by M. Grenga and H. S. Nelson Methaphobia Crossword Puzzle The Impact…
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…
We have understood HIV transmission for years. The routes are obvious, limited, and modifiable, yet HIV seroprevalence has steadily increased around the world. There have been only limited medical advances in the treatment of HIV-related illness. Because of a lack of federal leadership on all fronts, from funding to discrimination, misguided research priorities at the…
American Methadone Treatment Association1 Opioid Treatment in the 21st Century: Implementing the Vision October 7-10, 2001 St. Louis Advocacy Events and Patient Participation NAMA at AMTA Conference 2001 Sunday, October 7th Pre-conference Meeting 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Unifying the Treatment Community Moderator Todd Rosendale, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Speakers Fred Christie, AFFIRM (President)…
