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Peers as Professionals: More Than Recovery Experience is Required NAADAC Will Train Workers for Private Market CCB Offers Credential on MAT to Help with Counseling The March of Professionalization SAMHSA Proposed Budget: Stress on ‘Behavioral’ Workforce Drug Court Staffing: Adult Differs from Juvenile Coming up     

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Volunteers Becoming an Increasingly Important Segment of Treatment Workforce. SAMHSA Guide Emphasizesstructure, Planning When Using Volunteers Handbook Can Help Recruit Volunteers Characteristics of Volunteers Bills Address National Shortage of children's Mental Health Professionals. Advocates Hail Bipartisan Workforce Legislation SAMHSA Focuses on Behavioral Workforce Development. Plans Include Development of National Action Plan Coalition Seeks Field Input for National Action Plan on Workforce Development Proposal to Unify Counselor Certification Under Review at ICRC and NAADAC/NCC. Membership Organizations also Explore Merger High Rate of Gambling Problems Found in Substance Abuse Counselors Pathological vs. Problem Gambling     

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Methadone Painkiller Overdoses Causing PR Problem for Treatment Field Internet Availability Threatens to Worsen Rx Drug Problems Pharmacokinetics of Methadone Addiction Caucus Briefed on Workforce Issues NCADD Campaign for ‘Hope, Help & Healing’ Launched NASADAD Director Addresses Methamphetamine Treatment Before Souder Panel Student Illicit Drug Use Declining Benzodiazepines Most Widely Available on Internet Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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SAMHSA Plans Dramatic Changes as Health Reform Proceeds Kansas Professionals See License Law as Pivotal to Elevating Counseling NIDA Heralds New Delivery Systems to Treat Opioid Addiction Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly Wins Two Azbee Awards SAMHSA Grant Will Help Odyssey House Develop Peer Workforce Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Obituary Resources Coming up     

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Faces and Voices Wants to Accredit Peer Recovery Support Organizations Center Seeks Deeper Understanding of Why Clinicians Stay on Board Odyssey House Grant Uses Peers, Follows CCAR Model NAATP Survey Can Help HR Managers Benchmark Salaries Advance the Field, But Don't Forget the Consumer ATTC to Conduct First National Survey of Treatment Workforce Are 78,000 Counselors Represented in BLS Data Going to Keep Their Jobs? Obituary Coming up     

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How CBT Can Help Addiction Treatment be More Recovery‐Oriented Hazelden Targets Young Adults for New NYC Programs Mixed News About Smoking from SAMHSA and the CDC New Commission for Accrediting Addiction Curricula ValueOptions Wins Grant to Use Peers to Cut Repeat Detox Teens in Substance Abuse Treatment Used Diverted Medical Marijuana: Study Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Pennsylvania's Access to Treatment Law Facing Supreme Court Challenge NAADAC, ASAM to Help Educate Counselors on Medication Treatment for Alcoholism More People Being Treated for Drugs Other Than Alcohol About Campral A Harm Reduction Approach to Alcohol and Drug Education Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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SBI Plus Referral to Treatment has Potential to Positively Impact Addiction Workforce Peer‐Based Workforce Continues to Grow, Linking to Treatment Federal Employees Now Covered for SBI BLS Data: Counselor Workforce Will Grow 34 Percent by 2016 Training Requirements to Expand Treatment Capacity ‘Welcoming’ May not Create Unsafe Work Environment Briefly Noted State Watch Coming up     

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Peer Recovery Workers Gaining Foothold; Their Role May Grow Under Health Reform McLellan to Leave ONDCP Primary Care Physicians Needed in Addiction Treatment Workforce Methadone Staffers Need Training: AATOD and NAMA Code of Ethics for Methadone Advocates NAADAC Prepares First National Scopes of Practice ABAM Certification Hoped to Lead to Official Addiction Specialty Workforce Development Tools Seen in Health Reform Law The Graying Workforce Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

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ATTC: Workforce Needs to Be More Diverse and Better Trained AdCare's Hospital Status Serves it Well in Massachusetts Some Payers Still Defy Parity Law with ‘Fail‐First’ and Reviews Congress, Counselors Still Waiting for SAMHSA Workforce Report Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Call to Action on Underage Drinking Emphasizes Coordinated Response Addiction Workforce Report Released without SAMHSA Endorsement NIDA Pain‐Addiction Conference Focuses on ‘Balance’ CTN to Evaluate 1‐Month Bupe Treatment for Rx Opiates Study Finds Power of Craving Underestimated by Opioid Addicts NJ Contracting System Changes Due to IG Investigation Recommendations from Workforce Report Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Perspectives on European Development Co‐operation: Policy and Performance of Individual Donor Countries and the EU. Edited by Paul Hoebink and Olav Stokke Economic Development and UN Reform: Towards a Common Agenda for Action – A Proposal in the Context of the Millennium Development Goals. By Carlos A. Magarinos Inclusive Citizenship: Meanings and Expressions. By Nalia Kabeer Chronic Poverty Report 2004–05 Economic Security for a Better World. By the ILO Socio‐Economic Security Programme European Migration: What Do We Know? Edited by Klaus F. Zimmerman The Millennium Development Goals and Migration. By Erica Usher Global Monitoring Report 2004: Policies and Actions for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Related Outcomes. By World Bank and IMF Staff Globalisation, Poverty and Inequality: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. By Raphael Kaplinsky Globalisation, ICT and Developing Nations: Challenges in the Information Age. By Sumit Roy Development Economics: From the Poverty to the Wealth of Nations. By Youjiro Hayami and Yoshihisa Godo Healing Wounds: How the International Research Centers of the CGIAR Help Rebuild Agriculture in Countries Affected by Conflicts and Natural Disasters. By Surendra Varma and Mark Winslow Agriculture, Environment and Human Welfare in West Asia and North Africa: The Search for Sustainability     

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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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$50,000 Survey on Recovery a First Step; More Funding Needed Reliance on Justice Funding Nearly Closed Center's Programs Pain Pill Abuse Reportedly Fuels Heroin Addiction Parity Advocates Fight BCBSF With Petition, Hearings Integrated Care: Workforce Development is a Must Study: Vets With PTSD More Likely to Get Opioids for Pain Coming up     

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Treatment Program and Book ‘Addiction Cure’ Claims Raise Hackles Powerful, Yet Elusive: Field Tries to Maximize Energy of Program Alumni States Take Steps to Train Workforce to Treat Veterans: NASADAD Report From NIDA's Blending Conference Alkermes Submits Application to Use Vivitrol for Opioid Addiction Treatment Breaks Even in Florida at Last Stage of Budget Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

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DSM‐5 Explained by NIDA Official: No More Abuse or Dependence Hazelden Seeing Stronger Recovery Through Free Post‐Treatment Support Criteria for Substance Use Disorders What Providers Must Do to Integrate With Health Care: TRI Forum Workforce Changes Parity Sign‐On Letters Get Weak Response From Feds So Far Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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SAMHSA Workforce Report: More on Mental Health than Addiction Alcohol Allowed Here: Minn. Center Diverges from 12‐Step Model Vermont OTP Hub‐and‐Spoke System Moving Ahead Slowly FDA Panel Recommends Approval of Probuphine Illinois Providers Continue to Wait for Medicaid Expansion Recovery Project Focuses on Buprenorphine Support Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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EHR Costs for Addiction Treatment Programs: $100,000 and up Unit Reinforces Addiction Medicine via Affiliation with Yale School SAMHSA Workforce Report Has Landed Florida Cities Lobby to Restrict Sober Homes Statewide Five Reasons a Recovery Focus Strengthens Everything Aetna Uses Pharmacy Benefit to Discourage Opioid Abuse Briefly Noted State News Coming up