for what passes for methadone maintenance treatment in the United States
today. Most MMT programs do not even come close to practicing the treatment
modality created by Drs Dole and Nyswander three decades ago, and even
the best programs are severely hampered by senseless regulation and by
the presence of staff oriented towards non-medical modalities. NAMA believes
that only through education can methadone maintenance treatment fulfill
its promise and again become the most effective, progressive, and humane
treatment for heroin and other opioid dependence.