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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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Delaware Uses Penalties and Rewards to Increase Utilization and Retention ONDCP Strategy Document Addresses Rx Monitoring, ATR, Screening Delaware: Not NOMs Sex‐Drug Fusion Complicates Methamphetamine Recovery House Passes Parity Bill No Medication‐Substance Abuse Link Found in ADHD Study Clarifications Briefly Noted State Watch Business Names in the News Coming up     

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Wyoming Moves to Expand SBIRT to Include Follow‐Ups ICM Study Points to Importance of Long‐Term Recovery Supports Good News in Pennsylvania, But Work Still to be Done Stimulus Package: Contact Your Senators and Representatives Update: Field Coalition Meeting ‘Positive’ Sexual Health: A New Ally in Addiction Treatment Improvement Drug Czar at Last? Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Babies Aren't ‘Addicts’; Mothers Should Get Methadone or Buprenorphine The Ranch Takes More Steps to be Insurance‐Friendly Marchman Act Lawyer Accuses A&E Interventionist of Lying Fla. Convenes First Task Force on Rx Drug Abuse and Newborns ONDCP: Chronic Rx Users Get Pills from Doctors or Dealers Kerlikowske Calls for ‘Third Way’ in Drug Policy Report: At Least 25 Million Americans in Recovery from SUDs Coming up     

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Finding an EHR Vendor: Mistakes are Costly, and Questions About Confidentiality Linger Basic Cell Phone Technology Seen as Recovery Boost in Conn. Center Oral Fluids: The Specimen of the Future for Drug Testing Addiction Vaccines on the Edge of Discovery Video‐Conferencing Coming Soon to Oklahoma Substance Abuse Providers NIAAA Sums up Technologies Used in Treating Alcohol Abuse Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Patients in Methadone Treatment Losing Custody of Babies Mass. Center Sees New Patients by Being Embedded in Hospital Welfare Recipients in Florida Must Take Drug Tests Under New Law Voices of Recovery San Mateo County: Vision, Mission, Governance Post‐Release Treatment Cuts Risk of Return to Prison ADHD Linked to Subsequent Substance Abuse Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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SA Counselors Call DoD/Tricare Restrictions Discriminatory Owner of ‘Self‐Empowerment’ Center Sees Potential for More Facilities How a TA Grant was Born: The National Council and SAMHSA's PBHCI SAMHSA Issues Second Set of 42 CFR Part 2 FAQs MARS Launches Peer Recovery Training for Methadone Programs GAO: BJA Should Better Document Drug Court Metrics Marijuana Use Still High Among Teens: MTF Survey Names Grant Opportunity Coming up     

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SAMHSA Issues Final Rule Allowing OTPs to Dispense Take‐Home Buprenorphine Vt. Hospital Program Manages Planned and Unexpected Growth Program to Screen Staff for Relapse Risk after DUI Tragedy Where Recovery Residences Fit in Health Care Reform Bill White ‘Retiring’ but Will Continue Work in the Field Study: Binge Eating in Teens Associated with Initiating Drug Use Resources Obituary Coming up     

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Best Treatments for Young People with Heroin Addiction: No Rule Book Physicians' Presence in Centers Reflects Business Transformation Parents' ‘Lax Attitudes’ Blamed for Rise in ADHD Meds Abuse Information Technology, Healthcare Reform and Recovery Aids Effects of Rx Take‐Back Day Unclear; Overall Approach Working National Drug Strategy Focuses Again on Move toward Public Health Briefly Noted Coming up     

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In One of its Last Grants to Field, RWJF Focuses on Sustainability Proportion of People Addicted to Drugs, or Drugs‐Alcohol Mix, on the Rise Field Grapples With Sobriety Time for Counselors in Recovery Study: Treatment Shortly After Detox Mitigates Relapse Alcohol/Drug Role in Suicide May Be More Prevalent Than Believed Maker of Vivitrol Touts Results of Study for Opiate Abuse About N‐SSATS Correction Clients in Treatment, According to Substance Abuse Problem Treated, by Facility Operation and Primary Focus of Facility: March 31, 2005 Briefly Noted Grants and Funding Coming Up     

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Providence Summit Attendees Strongly Endorse Destigmatization Concept Congress Looks to Change 30‐Patient Limit on Entities Prescribing Buprenorphine Calling on the Recovery Community to Break Out of Anonymity Bills Target Alcoholism and Binge Drinking Among Military Personnel Missouri Survey Finds Increase in 10th‐Grade Illicit Drug Use Current Requirements for Physicians to Prescribe Buprenorphine Resources Briefly Noted Coming Up…     

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What Went Wrong with Healthcare.gov and Why Private Investment's Interest in Field Remains Highly Intense Pregnant Woman Arrested after Disclosing Drug‐Use History FDA Proposes Rescheduling Hydrocodone to Schedule II of CSA Recovery Voting Bloc Growing State News Coming up     

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Should Screening Efforts for Substance Use Include Confirmatory Drug Testing? Drug Courts Help Break Down Barriers to MAT in Criminal Justice System Naloxone Distribution Saves More Than 400 Lives in SF OD Project Voices of Recovery San Mateo County: The Beginning Managed Care Reaches Out to Peers as Providers Coming up     

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Good News for Youth, Bad News for Adults Treatment Field Copes with Hurricane Aftermath in Face of Uncertainty on Funding How to Help Effect on Recovery Month Opiates Can Exacerbate Vulnerability to Stress, Says Study Researchers Optimistic Buprenorphine Can Help Cut HIV Spread Study with Rats Suggests Long‐Term Sensitization, Problems from Early Drug Experimentation Briefly Noted Resources Invitation for Participation Coming Up