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SAAS Identifies 5 Key Training Areas to Ready Providers for 2014 Conn. Recovery Home Succeeds by Maintaining Narrow Focus Obstacles to Treatment New Mind‐Set Vaccines for Heroin, Cocaine Show Promise in Animal Studies Vt. Moves to New ‘Hub and Spoke’ Opioid Treatment System Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Institute Helps NYC Providers Work Within Child Welfare System Model Program in Family Treatment in Running for Innovations Award Awaiting the Award Announcement Public Sector Bears Growing Burden for SA Treatment Spending Recovery Schools Support Sobriety for Young People How One Agency Benefited From Training Names in the News Resources Briefly Noted Coming up…     

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Health‐Care Reform: Addiction Field Starts Building a Coalition Center Offers Interest‐Free Financing; Others Cautious About Extending Credit OxyContin Settlement Funds to Benefit Virginia Providers NIDA‐NIAAA Merger to be Decided by NIH Panel RAND Study Finds Methamphetamine Cost U.S. $23 Billion in 2005 Ohio Governor Proposes Stimulus Funds to Pay for Treatment N.Y. Drug Sentencing Reform Urged with Focus on Treatment Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Wide Interest in Process Improvement has Campaign Planners Thinking Bigger High Dropout Rates for Blacks Attributed to Economics in RAND Study Naltrexone/Family Treatment Mix Under Study for Opiods Addiction Issues Still in the Background in Presidential Campaign How Treatment Providers can Participate Another Perspective on Cultural Differences RAND Racial Disparity and Alcohol Treatment Studies Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Call for Comments Names in the News     

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As States Move to Embrace Gambling, Treatment Providers Urged to Get Training A Community Health Focus Drives Diversification at Mass. Agency Commentary: CSAT's Clark Rebuts McLellan‐Tai Article Clarification: Primary Care SBIRT Information Integration: Threat or Opportunity? N.Y. Governor Proposes $3.5‐Million Reduction for OASAS Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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New Jersey Supreme Court to Rule on Methadone Treatment during Pregnancy Family and Community Linkages Key in Youth Treatment NSDUH: Daily Marijuana Use Increasing among Teens Blog Post Critical of IC&RC Training Full of Errors CSAT's Clark: SBIRT Trials Should Focus on Mild SUDs Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Health Reform Means More Covered Patients for Addiction Treatment Field Keen Interest in Medicaid Compliance Course as N.Y. Agencies Question Audits New Software Allows Providers to Match Patients to Other Services SAMHSA: Treatment Programs Lax in Arranging for Infectious Disease Screening Utah Study Finds High Rate of Chronic Pain in Rx Drug Overdoses Not Having Addiction Providers on Panels Would Violate Parity Briefly Noted State News Employment Call for Comments 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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Walsh to Leave NAATP as Treatment Field Faces Growth and Challenges Centers Seek to Overcome Barriers to Serving Uniformed Personnel Housing and Treatment Providers Take Step toward Collaboration Hanley Said to be Moving from Caron to Origins Botticelli Confirmation Hearing Held State News Resources 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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The ACA One Month Out: Too Soon to See Any Impact Providers Steer Through Complex Process for Inclusion in Networks Study Shows Parity for SUDs Raised Costs Only $10 per Enrollee per Year New Hampshire Providers Push for Medicaid Expansion More Research Needed on Underage Drinking: NIAAA Wyoming Bill Would Fund Treatment and Prevention with State Alcohol Revenues Program Employees Charged with Blocking Police Access Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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RWJF to Stop Funding Addiction Treatment and Prevention: Current Grants to Finish ADHD Medication Misuse Raises Questions for Treatment Providers Conduct Disorder and ADHD Grant Project Will Seek to Link Addiction, DD Services Maryland Makes Slow Progress in Stressing Treatment Over Jail New Grants for Community‐Based Programs Treating Adolescents and Families Briefly Noted Grants and Funding 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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How Addiction Providers Can Treat Co‐Occurring SPMI Could Discussion at NAADAC Conference Eventually Yield a Standard Credential? Leaving the Past Behind, Alaska Increases Treatment Funding Again ‘Phantom Money’ in Ohio Budget Means Millions Lost to Providers Court Rulings Open Door to Lowering the Drinking Age in South Carolina NIH‐VA to Offer Grants to Study Substance Abuse in the Military Briefly Noted State News Call for Applications 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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Marijuana: The New Alcohol? Voices from the Legalization Debate Providers in Some States Scramble to Hire Qualified Licensed Staff State Initiatives to Prevent Fatal ODs Include Naloxone and 911 Shumlin Targets Heroin, Beefs up Addiction Treatment N.J. Case Equates Methadone Treatment by Pregnant Woman with Child Abuse State News Coming up