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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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Recovery Support Included in SAMHSA's Final Strategic Initiatives Center's Ability to Go Smoke‐Free Bodes Well for Others in Utah ASAM Paper Outlines Reasons for Banning ‘Medical Marijuana’ Treatment and Criminal Justice Alternatives Face Cuts in Texas NIAAA, Mindful of Merger, Speaks Out on Alcohol's Harmful Effects Prevalence and Population Estimates of Past‐Year Substance Use among Users: U.S. Briefly Noted In the States 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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Patient‐Author Explains How Treatment Programs Could Change to Reduce Relapse Recovery Definition and Measures Still Under Development at SAMHSA Provider Sees Major Growth Through Outpatient Care Continuum Caron Acquires Hanley Center Update: FDA and NIDA Statements on Vivitrol Letter Legislators Ask Administration to Issue Guidelines on Parity Enforcement Briefly Noted Business News Coming up     

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NAATP: Goodbye to Last Year, Hello to Health Reform, New CEO TASC Stays Focused on Reform Despite Illinois Budget Challenges Childhood ADHD Found to Predict SUDs 10 Years Later FDA Says Okay to Give Vivitrol or Suboxone Without Counseling California Set to Eliminate ADP; Counties Would Administer Funds Briefly Noted Resources 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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Florida Case Highlights Threat to Parity by States and Insurance Companies Large Texas Nonprofit Sees Balancing of Funds, Move to Higher‐Level Staff Arizona Says System is ‘Stable’; Providers Cite Layoffs and Cuts Arizona KidsCare Frozen, Enrollment Down 60 Percent HHS Will Identify a ‘Path Forward’ on SAMHSA Appropriations Magellan Gets SAMHSA Award for Four Arizona Providers In the States 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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CADCA Meeting Focuses on Increase in Drug Abuse, Need for Prevention Creation of Nonprofit Foundation Will Sustain N.Y. Center Mission Evaluation of DFC Program House GOP Proposes Cuts to FY2011, Including SAMHSA, ONDCP Drug‐Related Suicide Attempts Spike for Male Teens in December N.J. Merging Divisions of Mental Health and Addiction Services Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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Regardless of Drug, IDUs More in Need of Services Than Non‐IDUS Provider Seeks Broader Funding Base in Order to Expand Offender Services Neurontin Added to Naltrexone May Benefit Alcohol Treatment FDA on Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Trials New Legislative Director of SAMHSA on Future Plans: Listening Pharma News Coming up     

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Reckitt Strikes Out with FDA on Bupe; Now Faces FTC Inquiry More Diversified Revenue Picture Prepares Missouri Provider for ACA Parity Linked to More SUD Treatment in Hospital Study A Confidentiality Manual for the Digital Age Final Rule on Health Insurance Exchanges: Parity is Key Odyssey House Grant Focuses on Teens and Their Families Changes in New York Sequestration to Cut HHS by $15.5 Billion March 1 Briefly Noted Coming up     

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In the Blossoming Recovery Industry, Who are the Addiction Workers? Program Staff that Faced Tragedy Now Encouraged toward Self–Care Survey: SAMHSA Employees Feel Untrusted, Overly Supervised Letter to the Editor New County–CRC Program Focuses on Co–Occurring Disorders Faces & Voices Tells NIDA it's Time to Study Recovery Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Chronic Care Management Gets Good Results; So Does Minimal Management In an Evolving Marketplace, Centers Seek New Skills for Staff New Alcoholism Medication May Come from Obesity Research CRC Celebrates Recovery Month, Has High Hopes for Parity, ACA Health Insurance Exchanges Open as Government Shuts Down Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

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What Went Wrong with Healthcare.gov and Why Private Investment's Interest in Field Remains Highly Intense Pregnant Woman Arrested after Disclosing Drug‐Use History FDA Proposes Rescheduling Hydrocodone to Schedule II of CSA Recovery Voting Bloc Growing State News Coming up     

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Michigan Requires Addiction Credentials for FQHC‐SUD Medicaid Services Funding Is Still Elusive for Treatment of Offenders Probuphine Rejection by FDA: Adequate Dosing a Key Concern N.H. Advocates Send Senate Video Postcards in Funding Plea Self‐Medicating Mood with Alcohol Linked to Dependence Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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SAMHSA State‐By‐State Data Underscores Treatment Gap Prop.36 Cost‐Benefit Analysis Justifies Investment in Treatment New Events Sharpen Awareness Month's Focus on Youth Drinking Tribal Communities Need Services for Methamphetamine Addiction Prom, Graduation Season and the SADD Pledge Briefly Noted Requests for Applications Business Resources Coming Up     

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CRC Expands Methadone Clinics to Treatment for Non‐Opiates U.S. Center, Canadian Tribe Forge Mutual Learning Partnership Digital Medication Program May Help Methadone Patients in Future Emergencies Blending Research and Practice: NIDA and SAMHSA Team up Opiate Withdrawal Drug Starts Phase III Clinical Trials Briefly Noted Names in the News Grants and Funding Resources Coming Up     

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Reform in N.C.: Substance Abuse Treatment Providers Losing out to State System Process Improvement in L.A. County may Reverberate Across California List of Community Support Services TEDS Data Highlights: Alcohol Admissions Down Highlights Lessons Learned from L.A. County Project Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Coming up     

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Methadone Clinic Move Facing NIMBY and ‘Redevelopment’ Barriers in Camden, NJ Maricopa Analysis Highlights Widespread Substance Use Problems in Jail Population First Drink Under Age 15 Raises Risk of Adult AUD Poll Looks at American Attitudes Toward Recovery Parity's Fate Hinged to House Vote on Bailout Package Painkiller Initiation Rates Keep Rising Briefly Noted State Watch Coming up