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Treatment:
New
Web
Site
Provides
Resources
on
Opiate
Agonist
Therapy
8/5/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/398/arm.shtml
A new resource for patients,
advocates, and opiate agonist treatment providers has appeared on the world-wide
web. The web site, Medical
Assisted Treatment is a project of Advocates for Recovery through Medicine
(ARM), a Georgia-based nonprofit organization devoted to education and
advocacy of opiate agonist therapies. Opiate agonists are drugs such
as methadone and buprenorphine (see related story this issue) that prevent
opiate withdrawal, block the effects of illicit opiate use, and decrease
opiate craving.
Both methadone and buprenorphine
maintenance are proven treatments for heroin or other opioid addictions,
but operate under tight restrictions in the United States. These
treatments are also scorned by a significant section of the population
as somehow coddling drug users or attracting drug users into neighborhoods.
ARM, led by director Deborah
Shrira, seeks to change that. The organization, Shira writes, "is
comprised of advocates working to end the discrimination and the stigma
attached to opiate agonist treatment for over forty years. We function
as mediators for patients to assure that quality treatment has not been
compromised. We work to change the way the world looks at addiction.
Addiction is a Disease! We are here to expose the truth and open
people's eyes if they are open-minded enough to give us some of their time
and let go of their tunnel-vision."
With links to discussion
forums, academic research, legal pages, opiate agonist treatment information,
news, and much, much more, Medical Assisted Treatment should serve as a
valuable resource for people interested in the topic. Visit http://www.medicalassistedtreatment.org
to check it out.
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Issue #398
-- 8/5/05
Feature:
Marc
Emery
Busted
--
Canada's
Leading
Marijuana
Activist
Facing
Life
in
American
Prison
Over
Seed
Sales
|
Feature:
The
Methamphetamine
Epidemic
--
Less
Than
Meets
the
Eye
|
Feature:
Prison
Protest
Aiming
for
DC
in
Eight
Days
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Patriot
Act:
House
Reauthorization
Includes
New
"Narcoterrorism"
Offense
|
Patriot
Act:
Sold
as
Fighting
Terrorists,
Act
is
Used
in
Marijuana-Smuggling
Investigation
|
Search
and
Seizure:
New
Jersey
Police
Looking
for
Marijuana
Growers
Must
Have
Warrant
to
See
Utility
Records,
Appeals
Court
Holds
|
Treatment:
Congress
Lifts
30-Patient
Limit
for
Buprenorphine
Treatment
|
Marijuana:
Denver
SAFER
Initiative
Headed
for
November
Ballot
|
New
Zealand:
Parliament
Reclassifies
Speed
and
Ecstasy,
Stiffer
Penalties
Coming
|
Treatment:
New
Web
Site
Provides
Resources
on
Opiate
Agonist
Therapy
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Job
Opportunity:
Prevention
Point
Pittsburgh
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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