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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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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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Medical Marijuana Debate Raises the Question: Why Not Dronabinol? Business Factors Can Trump Health in Facilities' Smoking Policies NARR‐SCRA Policy Gives New Legitimacy to Sober Homes Drug Courts Advance on Several Fronts AA Clinical Trials Not Practical, but ‘Workaround’ Exists Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Students Still Face Possible Loss of Financial Aid for Drug Convictions Odyssey House to Help Homeless Find Drug Treatment and Housing Voices of Students Denied Aid Integrated Care Works Best When It's ‘Enhanced’ with Patient Services: PRISM‐E Patient Matching Study: ‘Overtreatment’ Better than ‘Undertreatment’ Anesthesiologists Exposed to Airborne Fentanyl in Operating Rooms: Study Congress Lifts 30‐Patient Group Cap on Buprenorphine Treatment Free System Supports Physicians Who Prescribe Buprenorphine Joint Commission Receives SAMHSA Grant for Accrediting Opioid Treatment Programs In Brief Resources NAMES in the News Coming Up…     

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States Hope to Make Money With Gambling Expansion, But at What Cost? Center Sees Role for Residential, But Drives to Diversify TC Base ‘Residential’ is a Misnomer That Could Hurt Parity/ACA Gains ASAM Issues New Definition of Addiction How DEA Monitors Buprenorphine Prescribing and Dispensing Briefly Noted Business News Coming up     

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35 ‘Best Practices’ Identified for PDMPs; Referral to Treatment Not Included St. Louis Nonprofit Expands with Uncommon Business Model The Best Practices SAMHSA Still Trying to Blend MH and SA via BG Application IOM Calls for Better SUD Treatment in Military VA‐SAMHSA EHR Project Keeps SUD Treatment Data Private Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up Corrections     

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Va. Report: Treatment Cost‐Effective, but More Proof Needed Before Money will Flow CASA Report Links Marijuana Harms to Increased Potency Program Sued by EEOC for Firing Counselor on Methadone Odyssey House to Run Collaborative Program with New York Corrections Study of ‘Avoidable Costs’ of Alcohol Abuse Urges Interventions Briefly Noted State Watch Business Resources Names in the News Call for Applications Coming up     

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Recession: It's Not Over for the States Hawaii's Substance Abuse Director Aims to Preserve Funding for Services Solutions for Treatment Providers MOE Requirements for SAPT Block Grants Report: Most Inmates Need Treatment, Few Get It Provider Fund Helps Patients Defray Costs SECAD: Mee‐Lee Urges Providers to Treat Whole Patient Treatment Can be Provided by EAP, But EAP Can't be a ‘Gatekeeper’ Alcohol Use Lower, Drug Use Higher, Among Blacks Than Average Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Drinking and Guns: A Bad Combination Agency, Recipient of Major Gift, to Bring in Addiction Partner Lawford on Recovery, 12 Steps, Treatment and Advocacy ‘Cocktail Tax,’ Beer Tax under Discussion in New Hampshire Addiction Services for People with Developmental Disabilities No Evidence of Liver Toxicity from Suboxone or Methadone Briefly Noted State News Resources 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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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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National Addiction Groups Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration How Can States Provide Treatment to Youth? About the Organizations Delivery Options for AOD Medicaid Services HIPAA Requires Limiting Physical Access to Information New SAMHSA Report Reveals State Estimates of Substance Use Names in the News Call for Applicants Business Notes Briefly Noted Coming up…     

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CSAT, and Now AATOD, Urge OTPs to Report Patient Deaths More SA Services to be Privately Run Under Louisiana's 2011 Budget Plan Submitting a Mortality Report to CSAT Parity Rule Gives More Flexibility to ‘Nonquantitative’ Limitations Examples of Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations From the Rule NIDA Grantee Charged With Identity Theft, Perjury, Grand Larceny Scientists Find More Brain Clues to the Appeal of Benzodiazepines Briefly Noted State News Resources Coming up     

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System Coordination Needed to Deliver Services to Children of SUD Patients Center Stays Narrowly Focused Despite Unstable Justice Funding Requirements of the Block Grant Prometa No More Effective Than Placebo for Methamphetamine Residential Treatment Should Be an Essential Benefit Under the ACA Pennsylvania Stalls on Nominating Head of New Agency Hazelden Part of Group Providing Education on Treating Co‐Occurring Disorders Briefly Noted In the States Names in the News Coming up