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AATOD and NAMA praise DEA methadone van proposal
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32706
Subject(s) - praise , methadone , enforcement , opioid , administration (probate law) , medicine , business , psychology , political science , anesthesia , law , social psychology , receptor
The two big organizations representing opioid treatment programs (OTPs), on the one hand, and methadone patients, on the other, were unified in cheering the long‐awaited proposal by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to allow clinics to transport the medication to patients via “conveyances,” or vans. These vans would obviate the necessity of traveling, sometimes for hours, to get medication. Both the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) and NAMA Recovery (NAMA) sent official comments to the DEA, citing three ways the vans can be used.