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Hill to OMB: Don't Cut SAMHSA Prevention Funds Richmond Agency Serving Homeless Says Growth Will Fulfill Mission ONDCP Stresses Importance of Treatment, Not Incarceration Federal Agencies Release Third Set of FAQs on Parity OASAS to Fund Housing for NYC Homeless Families Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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NIDA‐NIAAA Merger Delayed by a Year; Alcoholism Researchers Worried Still Iowa Facility: Billing Department Must Be Hub of Treatment Center Torrey Takes on SAMHSA; SAMHSA Responds The Mental Well‐Being Sticker Set NASADAD Annual Meeting: Systems Integration, Medicaid and BG New NASADAD Officers Elected Iowa Providers Seek Mutual Support Amid Threat from Floodwaters Vivitrol Injectors Available to Help Providers and Patients Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Coming up     

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Will SUDs Get ‘Lost’ in New Three‐Part Alliance? Even after Final Rule on Parity, Providers May Have to Be Activists Outsider Comments on Alliance California Suspends 16 Programs from Medicaid Payments SAMHSA Warns of Fentanyl‐Laced Heroin and Cocaine ‘Sex Addiction’ May Not Be a Brain Disease: Research Weiss and Carnes Critique Study Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Co‐Occurring Disorders Can Be Treated Within SAPT Block Grant Advocates Optimistic as Second Chance Act Clears House Committee Doctor's Sentence Highlights Challenges of Methadone Treatment Recovery Month Slated for Elimination by President's Proposed Budget SAMHSA Announces $96 Million in Access to Recovery Grants Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Methadone Mortality Summit Shifts Focus From OTPs to Pain Prescribing Lack of Cash Could Persuade California Counties to Tax Marijuana SAMHSA Says It Won't Change Confidentiality Regulations Congress to SAMHSA: Use Drug Court Money for Treatment Briefly Noted Business Names in the News Coming up     

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CRC Expands Methadone Clinics to Treatment for Non‐Opiates U.S. Center, Canadian Tribe Forge Mutual Learning Partnership Digital Medication Program May Help Methadone Patients in Future Emergencies Blending Research and Practice: NIDA and SAMHSA Team up Opiate Withdrawal Drug Starts Phase III Clinical Trials Briefly Noted Names in the News Grants and Funding Resources Coming Up     

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Responding to Negative Press: Methadone, Buprenorphine Targeted Phoenix House Maximizes Chances to Operate Sober Homes The SAMHSA Comment on for‐Profits Hazelden's Seppala Presents on MAT at Rx Drug Abuse Summit Addiction Treatment May Benefit from Parity Lawsuit DOD's Tricare to Pay for Tobacco‐Cessation Medications State News Coming up     

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Hyde, SAMHSA Nominee, Led Historic Integration Initiative in New Mexico Promising Findings on Cocaine Vaccine Collide With Drugmakers' Indifference Hyde, Merger Specialist SAPRP Presents Roadmap for Future Research as it Closes its Doors Psychiatric Disorders May Predict Internet Addiction in Teens Sebelius Responds to Congress Requests for Parity Rule CDC: Overdose Deaths from Opioid Analgesics More Than Tripled Briefly Noted State News Business Names in the News Coming up     

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Drug Testing ‘Partnership’ Lures Treatment Centers Despite Ethics Issues Centers Eye Auxiliary Markets, Care Continuum in Expansions Physician Group Urges Focus on Spiritual and Psychosocial SSA at Center of Vermont's Opioid Addiction Treatment Success SAMHSA FY 2015 Budget: More Details Revealed in CJ Names in the News Coming up     

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Krokodil Media Frenzy Presents Misinformation When Complaints are Lodged Online, Don't Fail to Respond Study: Buprenorphine to Naltrexone Taper Effective for Some E‐Cigarette Use More than Doubles among Teens according to CDC States Rethinking Drug Testing for Welfare or Unemployment Teenagers in Child Welfare at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Multiple Relapses and SUD Treatment: What's Going Wrong? When Entering a New Market, Don't Take Success for Granted ASAM Criteria: New Edition about Much More than Placement Florida Experts Condemn Florida Task Force Approach to Drug‐Exposed Newborns NIDA, CDC Support Onsite HIV Testing without Counseling Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Counties Hit Hard by Need for Treatment and Funds for Methamphetamine Underage Drinking Debate: Zero Tolerance vs. Harm Reduction Breakdown of Types of Drug Treatment Programs in NACo Survey Four NACo Surveys on Methamphetamine Reach Out Now Teach‐Ins Members of Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking Doctors Worry Over Increased Scrutiny of Painkiller Prescribing Recovery Grants Will Be Awarded; SAMHSA Corrects Mix‐up SAMHSA Launches Recovery Website Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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Good News for SBI: Medicare May Pay for Alcohol Misuse Screening Facility's Social Media Policy Mirrors Rules on Other Interaction Partnership at Drugfree.org Acquires Join Together SAMHSA Pushes All Providers for MI and SUD Assesments Alcohol and Marijuana Dominate Probation/Parole Referrals Illinois Providers in Two‐Week Limbo, Still Face State Defunding Briefly Noted In the States Resources Coming up     

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Field Pleased With Medical Management, Other Provisions of Interim Final Rule With Budget Favoring Broad Programs, Will Addiction Needs be Protected? SSI and SSDI — Will it be More Open to Addicts, or Less? Join Together and CASA go Separate Ways Ohio Survey: Many People Don't Think Addiction is a Disease Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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SAMHSA Budget: Good News for BG and Prevention, but New Insurance Tap North Dakota Center Hopes State Will Shore Up Financial Picture SA‐MH Integration in LA: People with COD Come First Cape Cod Times Series Focuses on Opioids, Insurance Problems Glitches and Still No Parity for Health Care Reform Obamacare: ‘Navigators’ are Replacing Insurance Brokers State News Coming up     

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Army Homicide Investigations Highlight Role of Unaddressed Substance Use House Appropriations Committee Clears Field‐Related Spending Bill Treatment Providers Don't Fare Too Badly in Conn. Budget Florida Drug Strategy Sets Goals for Treatment and Prevention Michael Jackson's Death Raises Questions About Abuse Potential of Propofol Briefly Noted State News Resources Call for Comments Coming up     

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Surgeon General Endorses Needle Exchanges, Paves Way for BG Funding Maine Center Sees Changes Afoot in Residential, Outpatient Payment New Jersey Treatment Program to Handle Needle Exchange Referrals SAMHSA May Tap BG to Cover More HIV/AIDS Services HIV Services Required to Be Provided by Certain States Louisiana Privatizes Inpatient System, Merges SA and MH FY 2011 Bills Fail in Senate; Next Deadline Is March 18 Thirteen States Receive MOE Waivers for FY 2010 Briefly Noted In the States Resources Coming Up     

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Senate Appropriations Committee Marks up SAMHSA FY 2014 Spending For Parity to Fulfill Promise, CEOs See Fight on Many Fronts AATOD Comments on SAMHSA Draft Guidelines for OTPs Optum, State Suspend N.M. Provider Payments Pending Probe SAAS, Legal Action Center and National Council Form Strategic Alliance Opioid ODs Increasing at a Faster Rate among Women than Men State News Coming up     

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Patient‐Author Explains How Treatment Programs Could Change to Reduce Relapse Recovery Definition and Measures Still Under Development at SAMHSA Provider Sees Major Growth Through Outpatient Care Continuum Caron Acquires Hanley Center Update: FDA and NIDA Statements on Vivitrol Letter Legislators Ask Administration to Issue Guidelines on Parity Enforcement Briefly Noted Business News Coming up