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House Parity Bill Gives Fairer Treatment to Addiction Treatment What Makes for a Good Methadone Program? Report on College Substance Abuse Attacks Culture of Acceptance Teen Use of Inhalants Rising: SAMHSA Treatment Team Three Meetings at SAMHSA Briefly Noted Call for Applications Resources Coming up     

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Methadone Mortality Summit Shifts Focus From OTPs to Pain Prescribing Lack of Cash Could Persuade California Counties to Tax Marijuana SAMHSA Says It Won't Change Confidentiality Regulations Congress to SAMHSA: Use Drug Court Money for Treatment Briefly Noted Business Names in the News Coming up     

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Lawsuit Charges Methadone Clinic Chain With Getting Patients ‘Hooked’ Integrated Addiction and Primary Care Now the Norm at Large VA Health Sites SAMHSA Puts Model Treatment System Draft on Fast Track Service Elements of a Good BH System SAMHSA Re‐Aligns Mission in 10 Strategic Initiatives Patient at Sex Addiction Treatment Center for Sex Abuse Mass. Benefits From Alcohol Tax, But May Suffer Without FMAP Briefly Noted 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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California Struggles with How to Make Offenders Show up for Treatment Prisons and Jails: Methadone's Next Growth Area From SB 803 Surgeon General: Substance Abuse Problems Affect 87% of the Disabled Methadone for Jail Inmates Coming to Washington State County Naltrexone and CBT an Effective Combination: Study Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Call for Applications Coming up     

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Jails, Probation Speak Out in Favor of Methadone Treatment NY Treatment Providers Get $8.5 Million for Higher Counselor Salaries, Health Insurance Mexican President Demands Changes in Decriminalization Bill Categories of OASAS Awards Programs Receiving OASAS Residential Treatment Program Awards Cost Report, Court Ruling Lend Momentum to Canada SA Efforts COJAC Puts Substance Abuse and Mental Health on Equal Footing, in Philosophy if Not in Dollars AHRQ Study: $2 Billion on Alcohol Abuse for Inpatients Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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Programs Frustrated by Slow Pace of Parity Enforcement; Call for Final Rule New Jersey Nonprofit Emphasizes Expansion of Its Capabilities Methadone Treatment and Driving Laws May Conflict SAMHSA Tweaks Recovery Definition to Add Abstinence Researcher Advises Congress on Rx Abuse Interventions Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Co‐Occurring Disorders Can Be Treated Within SAPT Block Grant Advocates Optimistic as Second Chance Act Clears House Committee Doctor's Sentence Highlights Challenges of Methadone Treatment Recovery Month Slated for Elimination by President's Proposed Budget SAMHSA Announces $96 Million in Access to Recovery Grants Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Responding to Negative Press: Methadone, Buprenorphine Targeted Phoenix House Maximizes Chances to Operate Sober Homes The SAMHSA Comment on for‐Profits Hazelden's Seppala Presents on MAT at Rx Drug Abuse Summit Addiction Treatment May Benefit from Parity Lawsuit DOD's Tricare to Pay for Tobacco‐Cessation Medications State News Coming up     

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Broderick, New SAMHSA Administrator, Pledges to Stay the Course New Grant Cycle for ATTCs Could Mean Different Regions, Centers of Excellence Test for Heavy Alcohol Use Could Help in Diverse Settings Study Finds Increase in Deaths from Opioid Analgesics ATTC Regions Methadone Treatment Programs Seek Relief from Restrictions on Take‐Home Buprenorphine Briefly Noted Resources Grants and Funding Coming Up     

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No Money for Safe and Drug‐Free Schools Again, New ATR Vouchers House Subcommittee Considers Beefing up Treatment Language in Second Chance Act New ATR Voucher Program Substance Abuse Services and the Budget ‘Disproportionate Impact’ on African Americans FY 2006 Budget, Good and Bad Private Treatment Program for Methadone Detox Focuses on Buprenorphine SAMHSA Survey Looks at Role of Schools in Providing Services Applications Now Being Accepted for Director of Research and Program Applications Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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MatriArk, Icon of Mother‐Child Treatment, to Close After Rate Cut by New Jersey New SAMHSA Guide Offers Providers Road Map for Practice Improvement The Alcohol Tax Methadone Program Closing in Camden Prevention Program Aimed at Multiple Problems Proves Effective Psychiatric Hospitals, Managed Mental Health Carved Out Few Medication Interactions for Non‐Opioid Addiction Drugs Briefly Noted State News Business Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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Field Reaction Mixed to SAMHSA's Inclusion of MH in Recovery Month TC Departs From Peers in Working With Clients Receiving Methadone SAMHSA, Relevance, and the Million Hearts Campaign Hopes for Growth of Recovery Movement NIDA and NIAAA Skeptical of but Intrigued by Use of SPECT Merged N.J. Division Embarks on Medicaid Waiver for MBHO Why Addiction Treatment Must Be a Part of Mainstream Health Care Federal Funding Advocates Needed Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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CDC and NIDA Tout PrEP for HIV‐Negative Injecting Drug Users Monitor Vendor Protocols when Signing up for Drug Testing AAP OKs Breastfeeding on Methadone but Not Buprenorphine ONDCP and SAMHSA Release Opioid Toolkit, Promote Naloxone SAMHSA Releases Draft Outcome Measures, Gives 9/17 Deadline for Feedback DOJ to Allow Marijuana Ballot Initiatives to Go Forward Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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Illicit Methadone and Buprenorphine Use by Teens Minimal in Sweden Centers Forge Productive Presence in Nonservice Locations Patients Who Get into Trouble with Pain Meds Cost More Offices of Reckitt Benckiser Raided by Feds Murphy Mental Health Bill Would Weaken SAMHSA Authority Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Methadone Patient Advocacy Movement Gathers Steam with Federal Grant Innovative Physician Network Selects Hanley for M.D. Education, Referrals Monitoring the Future: Smoking and Drug Use Down in 8th Graders Presidential Candidates Respond to Recovery Issues Friends of SAMHSA Holds First Meeting Hopes and Fears Call for Applications Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Coming up     

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DEA Shuts Down Methadone Clinic After Owner Arrested on Drug Charges Centers Edge Into Web Marketing, Question Ethics of Some Approaches SAMHSA Provides ‘Immersion’ Training on Military Culture West Virginia Opens Up Prevention Funding to Regional Bidders Illinois Providers May Face More Cuts, Payment Delays Briefly Noted In the States Resources Names in the News Coming Up     

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Methamphetamine Takes Center Stage at Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing Alcohol Exclusion Laws Preventing Screening for Alcohol and Drugs in Emergency Rooms SAMHSA Matrix Model for Methamphetamine Treatment Admissions for Drug Treatment Increase for Older Adults SAMHSA Makes Available Treatment Program Guide SAMHSA, ONDCP to Start Campaign Linking Marijuana, Mental Illness Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Reduces Alcohol‐Related Fatalities Most States have Alcohol Exclusion Laws Offender Re‐Entry Bill Shows Bipartisan Support Coming up…     

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States and Providers Face Increased Accountability on How Block Grant is Spent Agencies Progress in Veterans' Care by Embracing Military Culture NOMs Measures Alabama to Investigate 112 Uncertified Programs SAMHSA Gives ASAM $1.5 Million to Train M.D.s in Prescribing Methadone DASIS Report Looks at Differences Between First‐Time, Repeat Admissions Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Resources Business Coming up     

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SAMHSA Buprenorphine Meeting: Another Step Toward Lifting the Cap Fraud Probe of Sober Homes Highlights Drug‐Test Scams Bill Proposed to Provide Local Incentives to Treat Addiction N.J. Bill Would Allow Outpatient Commitment for Addiction California Certification: CAADAC + CAARR = CCAPP NASADAD Issues Public Policy Statement Endorsing Naloxone ASAM Revises Public Policy Statement on Naloxone Methadone Patient on the Pain of Stigma Coming up