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Project Goal

In September 2000, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment brought together the leading national patient support and education organizations for a 2 day meeting to discuss the escalation of opioid dependency and the stigma associated with its related medication assisted treatments. Through this effort, the Methadone Patient Support and Community Methadone Education Project was formed. The goal of the Project is to address the need for patient support and family education regarding the disease of opioid addiction and the highly effective medication assisted treatments like methadone and LAAM.

Mission Statement

To remove the stigma from opioid agonist medication assisted treatments so that treatment for the disease of addiction can be a life saving choice, not a life long sentence.

Project Partners

• Opiate Dependence Resource Center
• Addiction Treatment Watchdog (ATW)
• Advocates For the Integration of Recovery and Methadone (AFIRM)
• Advocates for Recovery through Medicine (ARM)
• National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA)
• Methadone Support Organization (MSO)
• Washington Association of Methadone Maintenance

 


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