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Obama Budget: Safe and Drug Free Schools Cut, Block Grant Level Funded Providers See Facility Licensure Rules as Barrier to Integrated Treatment Ala. Treatment Funding Increases Help Department in Lean Times How to Comment on the Parity Request for Information (RFI) Health Care Reform: Parity Included in Senate Committee Report Briefly Noted State News Business Coming up     

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Year Ahead: New Issues May Surface, But Parity and Reform Stay Prominent Economy Hurts the States, But Addiction Treatment Moves Forward Readers' Hopes, Dreams and Fears for 2010 State Budget Watches Coming up     

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SAMHSA Budget: Good News for BG and Prevention, but New Insurance Tap North Dakota Center Hopes State Will Shore Up Financial Picture SA‐MH Integration in LA: People with COD Come First Cape Cod Times Series Focuses on Opioids, Insurance Problems Glitches and Still No Parity for Health Care Reform Obamacare: ‘Navigators’ are Replacing Insurance Brokers State News Coming up     

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President's Fiscal 2006 Budget Would Eliminate School‐Based Prevention Program Field Supports Legislation to Lift Patient Limit for Buprenorphine Survey: One Million Show Past Month Use of Stimulants Non‐Medically HIPAA Security Requires Organizational Commitment Names in the News Resources Briefly Noted 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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Study Finds Alcohol Abuse or Dependence Causes Depression, Not Vice Versa Communities Rethink D.A.R.E. as Police Struggle to Maintain Programs Addiction Treatment Providers Spared Worst of Vt. Budget Cuts Parity: Knowns and Unknowns Briefly Noted State News Business News Coming up     

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AA Linked to Reduction in Depression; Researcher Cites Effects of Spirituality Treatment Centers: Parity has Ushered in Some Tighter Managed Care Practices N‐SSATS: Slight Rise in for‐Profits, Big Rise in Managed Care Types of Treatment Study: Hispanic Patients Have Better Outcomes With Hispanic Counselors IC&RC, at 40,000 Mark, Says Career Future is Bright for Counselors Field Braces for Budget West Virginia Legislators Want to Put Methadone Take‐Homes on Database Briefly Noted Names in the News Call for Applications Coming up     

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Quality Group Urges Greater Utilization of Medications to Treat Addiction Foundations Embraces Model for Integrated MH and Addiction Most Americans Don't Know About Parity Law: APA Survey Legislators Look at Ways to Fund Addiction Treatment in W. Va. Act Now, Don't Wait for Budget Cuts to Come Downstream Briefly Noted In the States Call for Applications Coming up     

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University Collaboration Seeks to Improve SA Treatment in Managed Care House, Senate Committees Approve Versions of TANF Reauthorization Brandeis/Harvard Collaboration Includes Four Initiatives Biden Bill Would Train Health Professionals to Recognize Substance Use Ramstad Introduces Substance Abuse Parity Legislation Literature Review Yields Findings on Treatment Cost‐Effectiveness SAMHSA Releases Group Therapy Guide for SA Treatment Briefly Noted Coming Up     

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Senator Rockefeller Proposes Legislation to Regulate Methadone Maker of Vivitrol to Launch Financial Assistance Program for Patients The 8 Criteria for Methadone Take‐Home Doses Caron Tobacco Cessation Program Funded by Phillip Morris Future of Mass. Treatment Programs Depends on Alcohol Tax Breakdown of Governor's Proposed Budget Alcohol Taxes Proposed for Sports and Cities in Indiana Child Abuse/Neglect Increases Risk of Teen Binge Drinking: Study Briefly Noted State News Call for Applications Names in the News Coming up     

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Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill Includes Parity Illinois Providers Now Treating More Insured Patients as Public Dollars Shrink West Virginia Legislature Softening Methadone Stance Contaminated Cocaine Linked to Potentially Fatal Blood Disorder Poll Finds Strong Support for Including Treatment in Health Care Reform Congress Presses Administration to Issue Parity Regulations on Time Briefly Noted State News Business Coming up     

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Business Community Supported Parity Law, But Favors a Different Kind of Regulation NASADAD Conference: New ONDCP Director Urges Stronger Partnerships With Police Field Wins in Final Legal Battle Against Utilization Review in Pa. Across‐the‐Board Budget Cuts of 50 Percent Possible in Illinois Field Moving Slowly Toward Electronic Health Record Interventionists Boost Admissions at Addiction Treatment Program Briefly Noted State News Business Names in the News 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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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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Hyde, SAMHSA Nominee, Led Historic Integration Initiative in New Mexico Promising Findings on Cocaine Vaccine Collide With Drugmakers' Indifference Hyde, Merger Specialist SAPRP Presents Roadmap for Future Research as it Closes its Doors Psychiatric Disorders May Predict Internet Addiction in Teens Sebelius Responds to Congress Requests for Parity Rule CDC: Overdose Deaths from Opioid Analgesics More Than Tripled Briefly Noted State News Business Names in the News Coming up     

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McLellan Returns to TRI as CEO — Urges Business Approach to Treatment New Pain and Addiction Center Open to Maintaining Opioid Use Calif. Advocacy Group Seeks Insurance Amendment to Parity Bill Good FY for S.D., but SA Treatment Providers Still Scared Illinois Budget Would Slash Prevention, Cut Prison Rehab USA Today Reveals Lapse in Army Alcoholism Counseling Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up