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$50,000 Survey on Recovery a First Step; More Funding Needed Reliance on Justice Funding Nearly Closed Center's Programs Pain Pill Abuse Reportedly Fuels Heroin Addiction Parity Advocates Fight BCBSF With Petition, Hearings Integrated Care: Workforce Development is a Must Study: Vets With PTSD More Likely to Get Opioids for Pain Coming up     

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CRC: Veterans Are Best Treated by Staff with Military Experience ONDCP: Frequent Misusers Get Rx Drugs from Doctors or Street CKF Counselors Adjust to and Assist Primary Care About ‘Seeking Safety’ ATTC Workforce Report Set for SAMHSA Handoff in September About the ATTCs How EHRs, Even Minus Incentives, Can Help Workforce SAAS Offers Free Trainings to Help Staff Prepare for Reform State News Coming up     

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Health Affairs Study Finds Mass. Reform Did Not Add to Treatment Rolls Daytop Village Sees Bankruptcy as Vehicle to Stronger Future Maryland MH, SA Agencies Plan Merger, Focus on Integration Ohio Governor Proposes Merger of MH and SA Departments OTP Patients Seek Methadone from Pill Mills Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Scientology‐Based Substance Abuse Program Investigated for Deaths New Jersey Addiction Program Works with MH Agency on Access SAMHSA Awards $22 Million in New SBIRT Grants to Three States SBIRT Funding in BG Application FTC Orders Sham ‘Alcoholism Cure’ to Pay Restitution Changes Ahead for California: ADP, Medi‐Cal, and Fees Follow‐Up on Commissions for Referrals: ‘ADP is Concerned’ Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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How CBT Can Help Addiction Treatment be More Recovery‐Oriented Hazelden Targets Young Adults for New NYC Programs Mixed News About Smoking from SAMHSA and the CDC New Commission for Accrediting Addiction Curricula ValueOptions Wins Grant to Use Peers to Cut Repeat Detox Teens in Substance Abuse Treatment Used Diverted Medical Marijuana: Study Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Budget Problems, Medicaid Expansion Main Topics at SAMHSA Meeting Center Takes Eclectic Approach to Treatment of Pregnant Women Human Rights Watch Questions Ethics of China Drug Study Coaching Youth in Recovery GAO Assesses Treatment and Prevention in 2010 Stradegy Buprenorphine ER Visits up 255 Percent Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

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Kerlikowske Promotes Naloxone in Face of FDA Barriers N.C. Center Works to Balance 12‐Step, Medical Approaches Realignment in California: Counties Consolidating MH and SA Letter to the Editor Internet and Research Give Different Pictures of Marijuana Risks Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Duluth OTP Ordered Closed by Minnesota Can Operate Pending Appeal Center's Relations with Insurers Feature More Data‐Driven Work DAWN Report for 2011 Will Be the Last; Transition to CDC Epidemiologist Comments on Loss of DAWN Prevention Awards Go to Parenting, Brief Intervention Groups Letter to the Editor Briefly Noted Correction State News Resources Coming up     

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Addiction Treatment Growing as a Financial Investment Denver Center Pursues Integration While Honing its Specialty Care SBIRT Focus: Not to Find Alcoholics, but to Prevent the Disease M.D. Says Doctors Feel Pressured to Over‐Prescribe Opioids A Federation of State Addiction Counseling Licensing Boards ATTC Awards Announced for Next 5 Years Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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NASADAD Releases State Guidance for Adolescent Treatment Services Facilities Seeking Medicaid Must Learn Nuances of Managed Care Chain of Mass. Bupe Clinics Focuses on Quality, Payers Role of Alcohol in Rx Opioid/Benzo ODs and ED Visits: CDC SMART Recovery Focuses on Non‐12‐Step Recovery Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Pros and Cons of Eliminating Buprenorphine Patient Cap Centers Say They Would Benefit from One Integrated Care Measure DPA Says it Hasn't Left Harm‐Reduction to Promote Marijuana SBI for Drugs a Failure, Time to Go ‘Back to the Drawing Board’ Recovery Improves Lives of Vets and Non‐Vets Massachusetts Law Focuses on Treatment, Senator Invites Feds Briefly Noted Coming up     

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AAP Recommends Pediatricians Use SBIRT for All Adolescent Patients Vt. Program Targets Mothers‐to‐Be to Address Opiate Treatment Gap CRAFFT Screen IC&RC Approves New Peer Recovery Credential IC&RC Advisory Council ASAM and NAADAC Affirm Opposition to Medical Marijuana Iowa's Problems Include Rx Abuse, K2, Spice, Bath Salts Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Coming up     

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Recovery Support Included in SAMHSA's Final Strategic Initiatives Center's Ability to Go Smoke‐Free Bodes Well for Others in Utah ASAM Paper Outlines Reasons for Banning ‘Medical Marijuana’ Treatment and Criminal Justice Alternatives Face Cuts in Texas NIAAA, Mindful of Merger, Speaks Out on Alcohol's Harmful Effects Prevalence and Population Estimates of Past‐Year Substance Use among Users: U.S. Briefly Noted In the States Resources Coming up     

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Regardless of Drug, IDUs More in Need of Services Than Non‐IDUS Provider Seeks Broader Funding Base in Order to Expand Offender Services Neurontin Added to Naltrexone May Benefit Alcohol Treatment FDA on Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Trials New Legislative Director of SAMHSA on Future Plans: Listening Pharma News Coming up