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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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CRC: Veterans Are Best Treated by Staff with Military Experience ONDCP: Frequent Misusers Get Rx Drugs from Doctors or Street CKF Counselors Adjust to and Assist Primary Care About ‘Seeking Safety’ ATTC Workforce Report Set for SAMHSA Handoff in September About the ATTCs How EHRs, Even Minus Incentives, Can Help Workforce SAAS Offers Free Trainings to Help Staff Prepare for Reform State News Coming up     

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How Process Improvements Can Help the Bottom Line New Jersey Leaders Seek to Lift Barriers to Successful Reentry for Addicts The Five Key Principles of NIATx Change Diversify Funding to Increase Agency Admissions SAMHSA: 40% of Underage Drinkers Obtained Alcohol from Adults Use Free Technology to Improve Admissions and Outcomes Health‐Education‐Labor Spending Bill Delayed Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Coming up     

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Brain Scan Study Shows Cocaine Addicts Can Resist Craving Canada Study of DWI Offenders Could Turn Notion of Resistance on its Ear Consumption‐Based Alcohol Screens May Not Detect Dependence UNCOPE Screen New York Offers Free Tuition and Training in Addictions Field Study: Older Alcoholics Drink More than Younger Alcoholics California Health Professionals in Recovery Under New Scrutiny Briefly Noted State News Resources Call for Presentations Names in the News Coming up     

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Rewards for Negative Urine Tests Increase Treatment Retention Non‐Professional Peers Help with Recovery Retention Rates and Urine Sample Submissions Motivational Incentives vs. No Incentives (Usual Care) Core Values From CTN Innovation to Treatment Reality Trial of New Methamphetamine Treatment Under Way at UCLA New Study Highlights Need for Treatment for Teen Opioid Addicts, and Difficulty of Finding Research Subjects Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Students Still Face Possible Loss of Financial Aid for Drug Convictions Odyssey House to Help Homeless Find Drug Treatment and Housing Voices of Students Denied Aid Integrated Care Works Best When It's ‘Enhanced’ with Patient Services: PRISM‐E Patient Matching Study: ‘Overtreatment’ Better than ‘Undertreatment’ Anesthesiologists Exposed to Airborne Fentanyl in Operating Rooms: Study Congress Lifts 30‐Patient Group Cap on Buprenorphine Treatment Free System Supports Physicians Who Prescribe Buprenorphine Joint Commission Receives SAMHSA Grant for Accrediting Opioid Treatment Programs In Brief Resources NAMES in the News Coming Up…     

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Federal Government Looks at Regulating Substance Abuse in Coal Mines Survey: People Still Unsure Whether Alcoholism is Disease or Moral Weakness Comments from Mine Employees and Operators Americans Put Alcoholism at Bottom of the List Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption Linked in Animal Study Katrina Legislation Would Help Substance Abuse Treatment Briefly Noted Names in the News Resources Coming up     

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Canada Study Says Heroin More Cost‐Effective Than Methadone for Some Florida Youth Agency Positioned to Adjust to Changing Landscape Oklahoma Seeks Additional Treatment Beds in Budget Request How ODMHSAS Has Responded to Cuts Single Dose of LSD Can Reduce Alcohol Misuse: Meta‐Analysis Alabama's Prosecution of Moms Challenged; Field Signs on Briefly Noted State News Resources Coming up     

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Treatment for Child Welfare Families Continues Amid Lawsuit Over Jail Terms Governor Restores $3 Million to Florida's Treatment Programs Toll‐Free Lines Help Connect Callers to Local Treatment Programs Stimulus Package: Still no $100 Million for Block Grant Case Management Helps Substance Abusing Women on Welfare Briefly Noted State News Resources Business Names in the News Coming up     

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NDIIC to Help States Upgrade Behavioral Health IT With Open‐Source System New Research Illustrates Breakthrough in Primary Care Screening for Drug Use Union Plan in Rhode Island Must ‘Approve’ MH/SA Programs Federal Government Establishes Safe Harbor for Office Visit Cost‐Sharing Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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‘Fear of the Unknown’: Dropping Coverage Because of Parity Dogs Welcome at California Center; a Barrier to Care is Lifted Shooter's Drug Use Should Have Prevented Gun Buy: Schumer ATR Grant Will Help Arkansas Expand Treatment, Recovery Services Reducing Prison Costs by Providing Treatment to Offenders Briefly Noted State News Business News Names in the News Coming up     

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How Addiction Providers Can Treat Co‐Occurring SPMI Could Discussion at NAADAC Conference Eventually Yield a Standard Credential? Leaving the Past Behind, Alaska Increases Treatment Funding Again ‘Phantom Money’ in Ohio Budget Means Millions Lost to Providers Court Rulings Open Door to Lowering the Drinking Age in South Carolina NIH‐VA to Offer Grants to Study Substance Abuse in the Military Briefly Noted State News Call for Applications Coming up     

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Local Communities Bristle Over High Concentrations of Centers Block Grant up for $35 Million Increase, Depending on Senate and White House Schools Need Help with Prevention Education, Says Report Recommendations by Join Together Researchers Federal Auditors to Scrutinize ATR in 2008 Briefly Noted Names in the News 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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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