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National Recovery Month Annoucement
National Recovery Month 2020 National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is an international observance held every September to educate people about how substance use and mental health services can enable individuals and their families to live healthy…
Read MoreComprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 2019
This week Faces & Voices of Recovery sends our formal support to the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 2019, which would provide $100 billion in federal funding over…
Read MoreThe Medication Access & Training Expansion Act (MATE) and what you need to know!
The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, aims to ensure all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) controlled substance prescribers have a baseline knowledge of how to prevent, identify, treat, and…
Read MoreWhat is your candidate’s stance on Mental Health & Addiction?
We all have the right to choose a candidate that we believe in, but sometimes we aren’t sure if their ideals align with ours. The group Mental Health for US…
Read MoreFaces and Voices’ Public Comment on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 42 CFR Part 2
Submitted via E-Rulemaking Portal September 24, 2019 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attn: Suzette Brann, SAMHSA 5600 Fishers…
Read MoreMedication Patients May Find Chilly Reception in NA’s Rooms
Addiction Professional, December 27, 2018
Attending Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings had reinforced Alan Wartenberg, MD’s recovery for years, until the early 1990s when he started overseeing medical services at New England programs that offered methadone treatment. The reaction the internist says he then received from some members of the NA fellowship ran the gamut from uncomfortable to downright menacing.
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