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National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Inc. (nama)
News Release

April 11, 2003
FOR: IMMEDIATE RELEASE – METRO & HEALTH DESKS
Contact:  NAMA Press Liaison 202 898-9000	

Advocates train in DC

	The National Alliance of Methadone Advocate’s certification training course
kicks off 8:30 AM Saturday, April 12 at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel,
at 999 9th Street NW. The course brings professionalism to the area of advocacy
and is anticipated to produce significant improvement for patients.

	The all day event covers subjects from the Science of Addiction to Faces of
Advocacy. Doctor Thomas Payte, treatment specialist; C. Todd Rosendale, Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT); and reps from healthcare facility
accrediting organizations are among the lineup of speakers. Herman Joseph,
Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) will present on
Methadone associated Stigma and discrimination. "Support for methadone
treatment finds its source in both anticipated and unanticipated places in the
community" as will be explored in Faces of Advocacy.

	The Certified Methadone Advocacy (CMA) training course is a pre-conference
session of the 2003 American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
(AATOD) Conference to be held in Room, Renaissance West B.

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