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Methadone Today is the official newsletter of Detroit Organizational Needs in Treatment (DONT). DONT is a methadone advocacy group organized by methadone patients to return dignity to methadone maintenance treatment and to protect the rights of patients. The idea of a methadone advocacy organization was conceptualized in March of 1995 when the DEA raided a Detroit methadone clinic. The groups agreed that there was a great need for patient unity to correct the damage that had been done and to thwart further involvement of the DEA in methadone treatment. DONT works to correct the misconceptions about methadone maintenance treatment and overcome the prejudice directed against methadone patients, strives to educate communities and policy makers about the benefits of methadone treatment, responds to the negative and sensationalized media, advocates for treatment on demand, and provides a platform whereby methadone patients can express their concerns about their quality of life.
Detroit Organizational Needs in Treatment is dedicated to:
eliminating discrimination against patients of these treatments
creating a more harmonious relationship between patients, treatment providers, and the community
empowering methadone patients with a strong, unified voice
educating patients, medical personnel, policy makers, and the
general
public about the numerous life-saving benefits of opioid replacement
therapy
Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) - It is becoming increasingly difficult
to
keep up with my e-mail because I get so many questions. Please read
this
FAQ before you send an email.
Advocacy
Group--Advocates for Recovery through Medicine (ARM) - We need
volunteers
to help this national movement change methadone policy to become more
consumer
friendly. See details.
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ARM
Georgia - This is a wonderful new web site that has just about
everything
regarding methadone. It is probably the only place you can find
step-by-step
instructions to help get someone dosed in jail.
Methadone
Watchdog visit this web site if you are having trouble with
your
clinic. Use the message board, the
complaint page, or just read the editorials.
An
Analysis of the Attempt to Strangle Methadone Maintenance in America:
Mayor
Guiliani to "The Addiction Free Treatment Act of 1999." - by
William
W. Read, J.D.
Methadone
Maintenance Clinics Across the U.S. Traveling? Your clinic not
treating
you right?
Methadone
Maintenance Authorities by State - This is who to ask for
the State Methadone Regulations.
Federal
Methadone Regulations - When your clinic tells you, "It's
Federal
Regulations", you can see for yourself if it is or not.
Michigan
Methadone Regulations - See how far the Michigan regulations depart
from the new federal regulations.
Methadone
Maintenance Clinics Worldwide Traveling outside the country? - If
so, you need to go to this site. Gives information by country and what
to do when traveling with methadone.
Drs.
Dole and Nyswander (Photos) - Also, see Herman Joseph, Ph.D.'s
Chapter
5, Medical Methadone Maintenance: The Further Concealment of a
Stigmatized
Condition
Treatment
Improvement Exchange (TIE) - - Look for the TIP (Treatment
Improvement
Protocol) and the TAP (Technical Assistance Publication) Series here. A
lot of great information on methadone by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
Americans
With Disabilities Act - Have you been discriminated against for
employment
because you are a methadone patient? - If so, this will tell you
how
to file a complaint with the Department of Justice. Yes, you are
covered
if you are legally taking methadone and are not abusing other drugs.
Drugs
That May Increase or Decrease Methadone's Effects
Starting
a Methadone Anonymous Group
Check
out the new "War on Drugs Clock" - It is a counter, updated as
you
watch, of the number of dollars spent, the number of drug arrests this
year up to the minute, and the number of new prisoners based on
government
stats.
More
about the DEA raid - Methadone Clinic in Detroit Raided
Identifying
the Enemy: Who is the Enemy? - The enemy is not the addict but the
forfeiture of
civil liberties because of the "drug war"
Constitution:
Fact or Fiction by Dr. Gene Schroder - The Story of our
Nation's
Descent from a Constitutional Republic through a Constitutional
Dictatorship
to an Unconstitutional Dictatorship.
Jury
Rights Under Assault - Juror Laura Kriho's Conviction on Newly
Created
Crime
