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Opioid Treatment Providers of Georgia (OTPGA)

Opioid Treatment Providers of Georgia (OTPGA), formerly known as the Georgia Methadone Providers Coalition (GMPC) was established in 1996. It is anon-profit organization of treatment providers, counselors, and others interested persons concerned about treatment, recovery, and traditional and alternative options for heroin and other opioid addiction.

The Opioid Treatment Providers of Georgia is actively involved in a number of federally-funded research projects designed to enhance the effectiveness of addiction treatment and improve the health and well-being of our patients.

Over the past 40 years opiate treatment, also known as methadone treatment,has saved thousands of lives through comprehensive treatment services. Currently, the Opioid Treatment Providers of Georgia's collective membership has embarked on the purpose of providing specialized services. This initiative is funded in major part through the Georgia Department of Human Resources.The Opiate Treatment Providers of Georgia looks forward to continued collaboration efforts to address public health issues in the area of addictive disease treatment.

Dear 2011 Conference Attendees

On behalf of the Opioid Treatment Providers, we thoroughly enjoyed our time together at our 4th Annual Fall Conference in the Lake Lanier Island Resort. The event was over capacity and your support and contributions to the event were very much appreciated.

Every year the conference gets bigger and better and it is due to the dedication of our providers, presenters, volunteers, sponsors and so many more who have worked behind the scenes.

We did have a winner from Turning Point for the Grand Raffle Prize of the iPad®!Congratulations!!!

Thanks again for joining us for a fabulous conference!! We look forward to seeing you next year.

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A Day at the Capitol Addiction Recovery Awareness Day 2011

By Cedric Fortson | Center of Renewed Promises in Newnan, Georgia

For 2011, Opioid Treatment Providers of Georgia (OTPG) decided to sponsor Addiction Recovery Awareness Day and the festivities associated with that day in an effort to build stronger collaboration with all types of addiction treatment and recovery models. This new plan is an effort to begin integrating our treatment modality into the mainstream in efforts to reduce the stigma of medication assisted treatment (MAT) within other substance abuse treatment modalities. This was an exciting day for OTPG representatives and the other organizations showing support for recovery, and we hope to see many more staff members, patients, and patients' family members supporting (MAT) next year.

After checking in with the organizers of Addiction Recovery Awareness Day, OTPG representatives visited several law makers and discussed MAT for opiate addiction. Many of the representatives, senators, and their staff members were amazed and supportive of the work we do in treating opiate addiction. We discussed how treatment can reconcile families, help reduce crime and property damage, and reduce unnecessary hospital visits. If the law maker was unavailable, we provided a one page fast facts sheet concerning MAT in Georgia. The messages we hoped to convey were that MAT works in recovery, facilities in the state save taxpayers money, the state of Georgia needs to develop a prescription drug monitoring plan, and encourage support for funding of drug courts.

After visiting with the law makers, we moved outside to the rally held on the steps of the Capitol. Several law makers spoke, including the Governor, and assured the supporters gathered of their awareness of addiction and that more efforts toward treatment will be made within the state. Most of the law makers recognized the cost to be more expensive to incarcerate those who abuse or become addicted to drugs than it is to treat, and we in the field hope that one day funding may reflect this viewpoint.

Overall, the day was filled with promises and hope. With Governor Deal and the other law makers' support, the future of substance abuse treatment in Georgia looks promising.