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Connecticut Agency Finds Success with Variety of Recovery Support Workers NAADAC Survey Highlights Loan Forgiveness, Other Issues for Workforce NIDA Partners with AMA to Add Addiction to Medical School New Credential from NAADAC and NACoA for Faith Leaders Idaho Officials Adopt GAIN for Assessment of Substance Abuse Briefly Noted Names in the News Resources Coming up     

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N‐SSATS Shows Rise of For‐Profits, Decline in Managed Care Contracts NESARC Study Finds Abstaining Doesn't Protect Young People From Relapse Other Highlights from N‐SSATS State Medicaid Policies Impede Access to Naltrexone Successful Prisoner Reentry: San Diego's Second Chance NY Creates Medicine Cabinet Inventory Briefly Noted Business News Awards Coming up     

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NESARC Study: Destigmatization and PC Physicians Needed to Close Treatment Gap New Hires at Caron Boost Capacity to Treat Co‐Occurring Mental Disorders Odds Ratios for Drug Dependence Mass. Centers Act As Addiction and Primary Care Provider Senate Parity Bill: Strong Legislation that Will Help Consumers and Families Morphine May Cause Lasting Changes in the Brain Briefly Noted Business Coming up     

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SAMHSA Says Money is Tight and NOMs is Key to Accountability As Federal Parity Debate Intensifies, Report Hits Weakness of State Measures Good News: Congress Increases Treatment and Prevention Funding NY State Ready for a Comeback: Workforce and Prevention Most Treatment Programs are Serving Special Needs: SAMHSA Briefly Noted State Watch Grants and Funding Coming up     

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California OIG Blasts In‐Prison Treatment as a Waste of Money Leadership Change at Phoenix House Signals New Growth, National Influence New Head of ADP is Renee Zito AATOD Seeks Reconvening of Federal Opioid Treatment Panel NAATP Salary Survey Released: Resource for HR Directors Reader Responds to ADAW Article About Budget Coming up     

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No Money for Safe and Drug‐Free Schools Again, New ATR Vouchers House Subcommittee Considers Beefing up Treatment Language in Second Chance Act New ATR Voucher Program Substance Abuse Services and the Budget ‘Disproportionate Impact’ on African Americans FY 2006 Budget, Good and Bad Private Treatment Program for Methadone Detox Focuses on Buprenorphine SAMHSA Survey Looks at Role of Schools in Providing Services Applications Now Being Accepted for Director of Research and Program Applications Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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Knowledge of Mental Disorders Required for Client Service, Counselor Careers Peer‐Led Services Begin to Emerge as Adjunct to Treatment NAADAC Workforce Development Conference Focus on Attracting and Retaining Counselors Peer Session Encourages Abstinence N.J. Treatmentproviders Group Seeks Restoration of Terminated Grant New Endorsement for Adolescent Services Coming from NAADAC Open Meeting on Medicare Drug Rule Effect's on Substance Abuse Substance Abuse Treatment Included in $7.2 Million for Jail Diversion Programs for Mentally Ill Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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New Jersey's Recovery Mentor Initiative Increases Workforce More Good News for Youth in Annual Survey, but Treatment Gap Persists Review Shows No Beneficial Link Between ONDCP Campaign, Youth Use Theme at Annual Forum is Change and Journey into the Future Alcohol Expenditure Study Show Alcohol Industry Has Financial Interest in Underage Drinking Reversal of Doctor's Conviction Calls Attention to Pain Management Briefly Noted Grants and Funding Coming Up     

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New TIP from SAMHSA Focuses on Criminal Justice System CRC's Karlin Describes Steps Toward Success Range of Treatment Services Attention Barriers to Substance Abuse Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings Partial Repeal of Education Aid Restrictions for Drug Conviction Takes Another Step in Congress Faces and Voices Recovery Group Faces Its Challenges in Washington Correction Briefly Noted Call for Applications Coming up     

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Omnibus Spending Bill Passed; SAPT Block Grant Increased, ‘Tap’ Eliminated Leaders Urge Diversified Approach to Advocacy at the State Level Pre‐Conviction Diversion is Best for Outcomes: TASC Report Study Finds Lack of Medicaid Providers May Limit Access to SUD Treatment Drug Courts Found Biased against Methadone, Buprenorphine Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Tennessee Advocates Ask Department of Justice to Intervene in OTP Siting Case Heading into Insurance, Providers Must Initiate Careful Conversations ONDCP Responds to Opioid Trends: Naloxone and MAT Hazelden/Betty Ford Center Merger is Official Debunking Claims against Evidence‐Based Treatment CADCA Brings Grassroots Prevention Leaders to D.C. In the States Coming up     

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Treatment Centers: 12‐Step and MAT Should Coexist Providers Can Challenge Insurance without Compromising Collegiality Urine Test Fraud Results in Fine for Kentucky Bupe Clinics ASAM Issues Safe Methadone Induction Guide, Noting OD Risks Study: Topiramate Helps Some Heavy Drinkers Cut Back Briefly Noted In the States Call for Nominations Coming up     

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Providers Ready for Parity Battle as Final Rule Effective Date Nears Many Market Factors Contribute to High Interest in Accreditation McLellan on the State of Evidence‐Based Treatment Letter to the Editor State Comptroller Rebukes OASAS for Questionable Payments Coming up     

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MVP Settles with New York AG on Claims Denied via ValueOptions Can Treatment Capitalize on More Access for Justice Clients? Patient Brokering a Key Problem in Fla. Sober Home Industry NASADAD Testifies before House Appropriations Subcommittee N.J. Task Force Urges Focus on Opioid Addiction in Young People Briefly Noted Coming up     

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ASAM on Medical Marijuana: No Such Thing ACA's Impact on Demand Variable, but Centers Honing Business Skills Detoxification Alternatives for Opioid‐Dependent Patients CEO of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation on Need for Standards Still No MAT at Betty Ford Polaris and New Hope Collaborate on Web System McLellan Says NBC Misquoted him on AA Briefly Noted Coming up     

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NADCP Supports MAT but Questions Lack of Medication Protocols OTPs Build Electronic Capability to Improve Documentation, Payment HHS Announces $100 Million to Help States Improve Medicaid Care, with Focus on SUDs Controversy Boiling over as SAMHSA Considers Raising Bupe Cap Faces & Voices Supports Retaining 42 CFR Part 2 as is State News Coming up     

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OTP Patients, Ideal for New Hepatitis C Drug, Put on Bottom of List by Payers Some Centers Find Time Investment in Aftercare Planning Pays Off Legal Action Center Urges Focus on Patients in 42 CFR Part 2 Upcoming SAAS Merger Causing Ripples in Grants World Resources Coming up     

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N.D. AG Denounces Plans That Exclude Adults from Residential SUD Treatment Centers That are Acquiring an EHR Must Execute Careful Due Diligence SAMHSA Issues Plan for 2015–2018, Treatment Not a Priority NYT Support of Marijuana Legalization Lacks Science: Critics Briefly Noted In the States Resources Names in the News Coming up