2024-06-05T07:27:48-05:00 2023-12-31 872525370 CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC 2 LYON PLACE WHITE PLAINS NY 10601 990EZ 2023-01-01 473761586 STOP STIGMA NOW INC STOP 9143184442 2 WASHINGTON SQUARE 2A LARCHMONT NY 105382016 DAVID LICHTENSTEIN TREASURER 9143184442 2024-05-20 1 DAVID LICHTENSTEIN 999009999 0 KRISTOPHER H KRINGAS P00747134 9146449200 2024-05-20 3 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X WWW.STOPSTIGMANOW.ORG X X 73076 X 73074 2 73076 3248 981 21650 28814 54693 18383 24179 0 42562 X 24456 44117 24456 44117 277 1555 24179 42562 X STOP STIGMA NOW WAS ESTABLISHED TO CHANGE PREVAILING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, WHICH ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM ENTERING INTO AND REMAINING IN TREATMENT. STOP STIGMA NOW (SSN), CONSISTING OF ACTIVE AND RETIRED PROFESSIONALS, AND PATIENTS, IS A THINK TANK THAT DELIVERS TRUSTED INSIGHT ON THE BENEFITS OF MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) AND EDUCATES THE WIDER PUBLIC ON THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MOUD.OUR AGENDA IS SIMPLE: TO HELP STOP THE STIGMA AND PREJUDICE DIRECTED AT BOTH THE TREATMENT AND THE PATIENTS.STOP STIGMA NOW WAS ESTABLISHED TO CHANGE PREVAILING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD), WHICH ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM ENTERING INTO AND REMAINING IN TREATMENT.WHILE MANY TREATMENTS FOR OUD EXIST, (I.E., MEDICATION TREATMENT, IN-PATIENT REHABILITATION, THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES, OUTPATIENT COUNSELING,) THE USE OF MEDICATIONS (METHADONE, BUPRENORPHINE AND EXTENDED-RELEASE NALTREXONE) HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN DOCUMENTED TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE. COMPARED TO OTHER TREATMENTS, PATIENTS MAINTAINED ON MEDICATION ARE LESS LIKELY TO RELAPSE, ACQUIRE INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS HIV AND HEPATITIS C, AND DIE FROM AN OPIOID OVERDOSE. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE MEDICATIONS ESPECIALLY THE AGONIST MEDICATIONS (METHADONE AND BUPRENORPHINE) HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND CRITICIZED AS SUBSTITUTING ONE ADDICTION FOR ANOTHER. AGONIST MEDICATIONS FOR OUD BLOCK THE CRAVING FOR OPIOIDS AND SUPPRESS OPIOID WITHDRAWAL THUS ENABLING THE RETURN TO FULL FUNCTIONING AND A NORMAL LIFE.BECAUSE OUD PATIENTS MAY HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A HISTORY OF TRAUMA, OTHER ADDICTIVE DISORDERS, CHRONIC PAIN AND OTHER PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROBLEMS, MEDICATION TREATMENT OFTEN INCLUDES COUNSELING AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES AS NEEDED OR INDICATED.ALL TREATMENTS SHOULD BE RESPECTED. HOWEVER, FOR PERSONS WITH OUD, NON-MEDICATION APPROACHES TO TREATMENT THAT DO NOT INCLUDE MOUD, WHETHER IT BE ABSTINENCE, OR DETOX, OR IN OR OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT, FALL SHORT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOUD, THUS MAY PUT INDIVIDUALS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH CAN RESULT IN RELAPSE, OVERDOSE AND DEATH.SSN EXISTS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE COURT SYSTEM, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, MEDICAL, NURSING AND COUNSELING PROFESSIONS AND THE MEDIA ABOUT THE OVERWHELMING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE SUCCESS OF MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER.BY ERADICATING STIGMA, WE SAVE AND REBUILD LIVES. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT!SSN CREATES, DESIGNS, DEVELOPS AND DISTRIBUTES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, POSTERS, ADS, CARDS AND BUTTONS, ETC.) TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO CONCERNS VOICED BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THE MEDIA, THE COURTS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES ARE FREE AT SSN 0 54693 54693 X SY DEMSKY CO-PRESIDENT 40.00 0 0 0 JOHN PHILLIPS CO-PRESIDENT 10.00 0 0 0 VALERIE WALTERS VICE PRESIDENT 10.00 0 0 0 SUSAN STAATS COMBS VICE PRESIDENT 10.00 0 0 0 DAVID LICHTENSTEIN TREASURER 10.00 0 0 0 STEVEN RABINOWITZ SECRETARY 10.00 0 0 0 PHILIP APPEL PHD DIRECTOR 10.00 0 0 0 VALENTIN BONILLA JR PA DIRECTOR 10.00 0 0 0 H WESTLEY CLARK MD JD MPH DIRECTOR 10.00 0 0 0 JUAN COLON DIRECTOR 10.00 0 0 0 DAVID CRUZ DIRECTOR 10.00 0 0 0 BRENDA DAVIS MSW DIRECTOR 10.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY SY DEMSKY 2 WASHINGTON SQUARE APT 2A LARCHMONT NY 105382016 9143184442 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 44605 36481 51972 30672 73074 236804 44605 36481 51972 30672 73074 236804 106848 129956 2 3 2 7 236811 0.54880 0.48460 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME DESCRIPTION: INTEREST INCOME. AMOUNT: 2. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: MEALS. AMOUNT: 1,253. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 704. DESCRIPTION: SUPPLIES. AMOUNT: 131. DESCRIPTION: BANK & PAYPAL FEES. AMOUNT: 384. DESCRIPTION: CONFERENCE, CONVENTIONS & MEETINGS. AMOUNT: 14,955. DESCRIPTION: HONORARIUM FEES. AMOUNT: 500. DESCRIPTION: COMPUTER SERVICES. AMOUNT: 1,229. DESCRIPTION: NYS FILING FEES. AMOUNT: 50. DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL & LODGING. AMOUNT: 8,661. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 947. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 28,814. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: CREDIT CARD PAYABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 277. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 1,555.