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DEA Shuts Down Methadone Clinic After Owner Arrested on Drug Charges Centers Edge Into Web Marketing, Question Ethics of Some Approaches SAMHSA Provides ‘Immersion’ Training on Military Culture West Virginia Opens Up Prevention Funding to Regional Bidders Illinois Providers May Face More Cuts, Payment Delays Briefly Noted In the States Resources Names in the 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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CRC Discusses Growth Challenges, Reaches Out to Fellow Providers Study Shows Rogue Pharmacies Market Controlled Substances to Consumers SAMHSA Issues Guidance for Treatment Providers on Vivitrol CASA Recommendations SBI Guide Instructs Trauma Centers, Hospitals, Physicians Pediatricians Call for R Rating for Movies Depicting Smoking NIDA Finds ‘Extraordinary Results’ in Early Trials of Nicotine Vaccine New York Announces 90‐Day Grandparenting Period for New Gambling Designation Briefly Noted 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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Counseling on the Internet Found Effective in Small‐Scale Study In‐Prison Treatment Changing to Reflect Demands for Effectiveness Ariz. Treatment Providers Protest Against Uncompensated Care Diversification Pays? NIDA‐NIAAA Merger Would Hurt Alcoholism Issues, Says NAATP President ‘Committed’ to Filling SAMHSA Administrator Post ADAW Publisher Sponsors National Council's Excellence in Innovation Award Briefly Noted State News Resources Coming up     

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South Dakota: More Secrecy From the State, More Fear Among Providers Holistic‐Model Center Diversifies Further Under New Ownership SAMHSA Awards $22.5 Million for SA Prevention; South Dakota Uses for MI and SA Prevention Prevention Money Going From Substance Abuse to Mental Illness Illinois Providers Try to Reclaim Most of Unintended 26‐Percent Cut Briefly Noted In the States 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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Two Reports Criticize Drug Courts; NADCP Pushes Back SAMHSA Encourages Providers to Help Military Families Luxury Program Prepares Patients for Post‐Treatment Urine Testing Karen Carpenter‐Palumbo Appointed to Head NAATP Report Highlights Waste in SA Treatment in New York Prisons Briefly Noted In the States 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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Medicaid Cutbacks in Maine Leave Some OTP Patients without Coverage Online Training Helps Providers Learn Billing and Insurance Cough Syrup Abuse: It's the Codeine More on SAMHSA Numbers from 2013 Appropriations Letter to the Editor What President Obama Really Said about Marijuana Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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BHOs to Monitor Providers in First Step Toward New York Medicaid Carveout Recovery Home Joins Care Continuum Through Merger With Easter Seals Buprenorphine Works, but Only if Patients Stay on it: Study SAMHSA Places 10 Regional Administrators Across the Country NAATP CEO Carpenter‐Palumbo Resigns to Pursue Consulting Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Names in the News Coming up     

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States and Providers Face Increased Accountability on How Block Grant is Spent Agencies Progress in Veterans' Care by Embracing Military Culture NOMs Measures Alabama to Investigate 112 Uncertified Programs SAMHSA Gives ASAM $1.5 Million to Train M.D.s in Prescribing Methadone DASIS Report Looks at Differences Between First‐Time, Repeat Admissions Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Resources Business Coming up     

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Goodyear Plan Uses EAP to Limit Substance Abuse Benefits Panel Vote Against Opioid Risk Strategy Shows Concern Over Voluntary Training Arizona SSA's Grim Message to Providers: Cuts Now and Later VA Allows Medical Marijuana Where It's Legal Cocaine‐Crack Sentencing Disparity Reduced by Legislation IC&RC and NCC to ‘Speak With One Voice’ Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Block Grant Still Essential Under Health Reform, Report on Three States Shows Flexibility, Timely Response Crucial to Kaiser's Integrated Care Approach Hanley to Start Giving All Patients $600 SPECT Scans Parity Still Required in Grandfathered Plans SAMHSA/ONC: No Changes in 42 CFR Part 2 In New York, Providers Eye Cuts to Inpatient Detox Briefly Noted State News Resources Coming up     

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SAMHSA Document, Made Public in Error, Reveals Changes Planned for Block Grant NIH Panel Recommends Replacing NIAAA and NIDA With New Addictions Institute What the Contractor Would Have Done ‘Front Door’ to Treatment in Texas Endangered in Budget Process Recovery Researcher to Focus on Developing Science of Recovery What Was Missing: NIDA, NIAAA Perspectives Briefly Noted In the States Coming Up     

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Provider Organizations Weigh Merits of Giving the Media Access to Patients Second Chance Act to Add $110 Million a Year for Treatment and Other Services Alcohol Problems Highest in Rural Western/Midwestern States SAMHSA Reports Show ‘tween’ Drug of Choice is Inhalants Caron CEO on Medical Leave After DWI Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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SAMHSA Makes Big Changes in Personnel, Issues Revised Block Grant Application Maine OTP Seeks to Preserve Mission by Improving Service Efficiency Providers Offering MAT in Missouri Despite Cost, Culture Barriers Number of Patients Receiving MAT in 2010 Number of Adult Patients Admitted to Treatment in 2010 by Primary SA Problem Citing Failure of Referrals, TRI to Study More SBI Visits CRC Contracts With Tricare for 28‐Day Treatment at Four Sites Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Coming up     

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Federal Sentencing Reform May Not Mean Much to State Inmates Scathing California Audit Faults State Agencies for Allowing SUD Fraud Centers Still Trying to Maximize Impact of Scattered Social Media New Mass. Law Aims to Stop Lab and Sober Home Billing Fraud CDC Gives Five States $1 Million Each for Rx Drug OD Prevention Hypocrisy from the NFL: Passing Out Painkillers SAMHSA Says ‘RT’ in SBIRT Stands for Referral, Not Treatment Briefly Noted Coming up     

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National Drug Strategy Focuses on Public Health Approach Mich. Providers Can Benchmark Client‐ and System‐Level Metrics Opioids and Florida: Rx ODs Down, but Heroin ODs Up Adolescent SBIRT Encouraged by National Council ‘Grants’ Veteran Methadone Treatment Provider Calls for Better Access Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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E-Therapy Seen as Having Many Applications on Treatment Continuum SAMHSA, Researchers Step Up Efforts to Treat Co-Occurring Disorders Manufacturers Focus on Tamper-Resistant Opioid Formulations SAMHSA Creates Customized e-Mails in New ‘eNetwork’ Program Profile Areas for eNetwork Hazelden Uses Equine Therapy for Some Extended-Stay Patients NREPP Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Resources Coming up