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Health Reform Passes, Moving Field Into a New Age CEO Sees Clout in Larger Agency; Foresees Struggles for the Small State Budget Watches Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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SAMHSA Issues Core Principles for Field in Health Care Reform Counties Mull Local Factors in Deciding Whether to Privatize Treatment Operations NIDA Reminder to Treatment: Counseling is Part of MAT New York State Tells Counties to Improve Access and Efficiency All Eyes on Alcohol Tax in New Jersey Briefly Noted State News Resources Business Names in the News Coming up     

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Field Urges HHS to Strengthen Parity in EHB and Exchanges New Executive at Fairbanks Sees Collaborations as Key to Success NASADAD Issues Consensus Statement Supporting MAT New Jersey Bill Would Require Parity for State Health Plans Readers: The Best and Worst of 2012, Hopes and Fears for 2013 Clarification: Medical Necessity Clause in Maine for Buprenorphine Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Persons Under the Influence a Frequent Target of Tasers; Effects Remain Murky Oklahoma to Close Treatment Beds and Lay Off State Workers W. Va. Governor Calls for $23.5 Million for Substance Abuse Funding Goals of Governor's Drug Plan California's Senate Bill 707 Spells R‐E‐S‐P‐E‐C‐T Study: News About ODs May Have Led to Increased Abuse of Opioids Okla. Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Budget Reduction Summary Briefly Noted State News Business Names in the News Coming up     

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‘Fear of the Unknown’: Dropping Coverage Because of Parity Dogs Welcome at California Center; a Barrier to Care is Lifted Shooter's Drug Use Should Have Prevented Gun Buy: Schumer ATR Grant Will Help Arkansas Expand Treatment, Recovery Services Reducing Prison Costs by Providing Treatment to Offenders Briefly Noted State News Business News Names in the 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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Recovery Coaches — New Standards for Volunteers Only? Programs Treating Offenders Should Provide Specialized Services Oregon Audit Finds Not Treating Offenders Costly West Virginia Launches Database to Let CPS Scan Drug Arrests Drug Tests for Welfare Vetoed by North Carolina Governor Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Study Finds Alcohol Abuse or Dependence Causes Depression, Not Vice Versa Communities Rethink D.A.R.E. as Police Struggle to Maintain Programs Addiction Treatment Providers Spared Worst of Vt. Budget Cuts Parity: Knowns and Unknowns Briefly Noted State News Business News Coming up     

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Study Highlights Dilemma of Coordinating Care for Methadone Patients Lagging Foundation Support Forces Colorado Provider to Shut Operations Congress Moves Closer to Health Care Reform Bill Level Funding for Addiction Treatment in South Dakota Remembering Joel Hernandez: A True Recovery Hero Antipsychotic Drug Being Abused by Addicts Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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FDA Takes First Step Toward Banning Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages New Paradigms in Intervention: Closer Ties With Centers, Families Iowa Drug Policy Calls for Mandatory Rx Monitoring Organizing the Recovery Community SSA Indicates Changes to SA Determinations May Come in Future Legal Action Center/SAAS Response to SSA Briefly Noted State News Business News Coming up     

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Cuts to Addiction Treatment in Utah Averted – for Now Leading Researcher Tells R.I. Audience to Emphasize Clients in System Change How to Lobby for Treatment Funds Washington Cuts Treatment Funding Immediately NAATP and the Economy: ‘Uncharted Territory’ Briefly Noted State News Resources Names in the News Business Coming up     

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Kentucky Considers Trading Some Long Prison Terms for Jail‐Based Treatment SMART Recovery, Other AA Alternatives see Gradual Interest Among SA Agencies FDA Moves Some Opioids Into Risk Evaluation Program Drugs That may be Required to Have REMS Analysis Finds Only Moderate Quality in Adolescent Programs Briefly Noted State News Business News Call for Applications Coming up     

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NASADAD Report: Most States Seeing Increase in Heroin Admissions and ODs Some States' Initiatives in MAT Rely Heavily on Primary Care Study Finds Some Benefit of Methadone over Buprenorphine Talking Circles to Be Studied as Youth Prevention Approach NIDA and NIAAA Start to Assemble Plan for Longitudinal Study State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Michigan Requires Addiction Credentials for FQHC‐SUD Medicaid Services Funding Is Still Elusive for Treatment of Offenders Probuphine Rejection by FDA: Adequate Dosing a Key Concern N.H. Advocates Send Senate Video Postcards in Funding Plea Self‐Medicating Mood with Alcohol Linked to Dependence Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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New Jersey Drug Court Expansion: A Question of Timing and Scale Experience in Justice Leads TC to Work with Other Populations GAO Report Finds Plans Still Exclude Treatments for SUDs New York Moves to Eliminate ‘Stop‐and‐Frisk’ Marijuana Arrests Rx Database Law Signed in Tennessee Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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NDIIC to Help States Upgrade Behavioral Health IT With Open‐Source System New Research Illustrates Breakthrough in Primary Care Screening for Drug Use Union Plan in Rhode Island Must ‘Approve’ MH/SA Programs Federal Government Establishes Safe Harbor for Office Visit Cost‐Sharing Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Treatment and Medicaid Questions Persist After Supreme Court Ruling Transition Plan at Calif. Center Illustrates Magnitude of Changes NASADAD Meeting: ACA Ruling, Budgets, Medicaid and MH Louisiana Providers Facing Changes with Magellan Partnership More Medicaid, Less Grant Funds for Treatment in Maryland Briefly Noted State News 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