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Link
of
the
Week:
National
Alliance
of
Methadone
Advocates
9/12/97
Last week we announced that advocates of methadone maintenance were
planning a "presence" at the National Institute on Drug Abuse's
upcoming conference on heroin this Sept. 29-30. (See http://drcnet.org/rapid/1997/9-5-
1.html#demos.) The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates is leading
the fight for acceptance and deregulation of methadone maintenance.
"NAMA is not an organization of apologists 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."
Visit NAMA's web site at http://www.methadone.org,
and be sure to follow their links to other methadone advocacy groups and
publications.
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Issue #11, 9/12/97
Organization News | Medical Marijuana: Plaintiffs in Conant v. McCaffrey Win Another Stage | Needle Exchange: House passes amendment that would strip Shalala of the power to lift the ban on using Federal AIDS funding for needle exchange | War on the Border: Against the Pentagon's wishes, the House votes to add provision for 10,000 troops on US-Mexican border to defense bill | War in the Capital: In our nation's capital, nearly 50% of black males between 18-35 are under criminal justice supervision | Focus on Michigan | Free Kemba Smith: Youth lead the way in the campaign against mandatory minimum sentencing | International: Colombia faces terror threat and a guerrilla war it can't win | Quote of the Week: Monkey business from the new issue of the Drug Policy Letter | Link of the Week: National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
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