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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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Deadly Synthetic Cannabinoids Used to Evade Marijuana Drug Tests Make Sure Contractors Adhere to Client Confidentiality Cocaine Overdoses on the Increase Study Finds Methadone Causes Testosterone Deficiency in Men NAADAC up for HHS Contract for Workforce Development Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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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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Treatment Programs Benefit from Ties with Therapeutic Boarding Schools “Business Model” and Good Community Relations Lead to White House Trip Montana Academy IC&RC and NAADAC Commit to Transparency in Merger Talks SAMHSA Grants Announced Amid Criticism of Bush Methamphetamine Policy Feds Consider Requiring Nutritional Information on Alcohol Labels Neurotransmitter Orexin Linked to Drug‐Seeking as Well as Feeding, Arousal, and Sleep Correction In Brief Call for Comments Call for Applications     

Coming Up…

Onsite cancelled, virtual only: The annual conference and Hill Day of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction professionals , will be held September 25‐30 in Washington, DC . For more information, go to https://www.naadac.org/annualconference .     

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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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CMS May Stop Maine Medicaid from Limiting Methadone Treatment Rimrock CEO Seeks to Draw from Experience in Primary Care The Letter IC&RC and NAADAC Support ATTC Workforce Recommendations CRC Celebrates Recovery Month with Expansion in Pennsylvania Rat Study Finds Intermittent Drinking Leads to Heavier Use Names in the News Coming up     

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Trauma Center Alcohol Screening Rule to Take Effect This Fall Higher Salaries Key to Filling Counselor Workforce Gap Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence NAADAC Demographics Louisiana Agency Builds Influence of Faith‐Based Providers in State Using Urine Specimens from Parolees/Probationers to Create a Statewide Drug Monitoring System Briefly Noted Resources 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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Sequestration: Waiting for the Cuts to Start Center Expands Outpatient Limit but Sees Residential Surviving State‐by‐State Cuts Study Finds CMHCs Reduce Readmissions Cigna Joins ABHW, Pledging to Expand Network NAADAC and IC&RC to Collaborate N.H. Releases Five‐Year Plan to Target Alcohol and Drug Abuse Briefly Noted In the States Resources Coming up     

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NAATP and NAADAC in Early Talks to Consolidate Resources Collaboration Between Phoenix House, NYU Yields Critical Data on Cocaine Addiction About the Organizations Study Finds Less Parental Concern About Teen Drug Use Other Phoenix House Research Focuses on Improving Treatment Approach Citizen‐Advocate Partnerships: Engaging the Public in Treatment Advocacy Names in the News Call for Applicants Resources Briefly Noted Coming up…     

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AAP Recommends Pediatricians Use SBIRT for All Adolescent Patients Vt. Program Targets Mothers‐to‐Be to Address Opiate Treatment Gap CRAFFT Screen IC&RC Approves New Peer Recovery Credential IC&RC Advisory Council ASAM and NAADAC Affirm Opposition to Medical Marijuana Iowa's Problems Include Rx Abuse, K2, Spice, Bath Salts Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Coming up     

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Parity Bill Misses Senate Passage by Narrow Margin; Field Buoyed Anyway N.Y. Providers Guardedly Optimistic on Minimizing Problems from Smoking Ban CAADAC Splits from NAADAC in Bitter end to Contract Dispute NAADAC's Concerns about Calif. Licensure Bill Fentanyl Report Shows Need for Case Definition of Overdose Deaths Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Coming up     

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Field Still Has High Hopes for ONDCP and McLellan's Vision Fla. Center Makes Financial Commitment to Ensure That Clients Pursue Aftercare Nominee for Demand Reduction Post at ONDCP IRETA: New Research Center to Study How People Recover Regulations Require Full Scope of Services: Legal Analysis Integrating Behavioral and Primary Care: San Ysidro Health Center More than NAADAC at Scopes Meeting Briefly Noted State News Call for Applications Resources Obituary Coming up     

NAADAC: William White research scholarship announced

Many people may not think of counselors as being involved in addiction research, but they are. Many just need help financing their education. Last month, NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, announced the availability of the William White Scholarship, created to promote student addiction studies research, as well as to develop the importance of student research projects.     

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Gitlow as ASAM President and Orexo Medical Director: Conflict of Interest? Centers Take Baby Steps to Combat Turnover, with Solutions Elusive Conflict of Interest Rules for DSM‐5 Task Force and Work Groups A Year after Newtown, What Has Changed? NAADAC Faults SAMHSA, HRSA in Lack of Workforce Planning Researchers Find Gene Linked to Excessive Alcohol Consumption NIDA Terminates CEWG; Data to Be Collected under New System Coming up     

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McLellan to Focus on Integration, Community Corrections and Evidence New Phase of NIATx Campaign to Focus Only on Bottom‐Line Movers Canadian Study: Medical ‘Heroin’ Better Than Methadone for Some Utah Alcohol Death Prompts Lawsuit, Raises Questions for Schools Remembering Senator Kennedy NAADAC and NAATP Part Ways Amicably on Public Policy Representation Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up