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SAMHSA Advisory

Date: 4/24/2009
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130

SAMHSA AND FDA EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE SAFE USE OF METHADONE

WHAT:    Press conference to launch joint education campaign within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Food and Drug Administration about the safe use of Methadone.

WHO:
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., C.A.S., F.A.S.A.M., Director of  the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Douglas Throckmorton, M.D., Deputy Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration

Mark W. Parrino, M.P.A., President of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Anthony Badger, Program manager for HIV counseling and testing program at the Lower Eastside Service Center, New York City.

Alice D'Orio, Manager of the Opiate Dependence Resource Center, Vermont

WHEN: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. EDT

WHERE:  The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD)
National Conference
Hilton Hotel New York City
Clinton Suite (Press Room)
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019

Call-In:      1-800-593-7204 (Listen Only); International 1-312-470-7058 (Listen Only)

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.


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