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New York Advocates See Task Force Report as Call for Treating Troubled Youths Insurance Companies Still Control Access to Treatment Via Medical Management New Directions for SAMHSA Under Health Reform and Hyde How to Use the Monitoring the Future (MTF) Survey for 2009 Highlights from the MTF Survey, 2009 Briefly Noted State News Call for Presentations Coming up     

Call for Papers for Two Thematic Issues

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Federal Government Gives $7.2 Million in Grants for Drug Tests on Students National Meeting on Co‐Occurring Disorders Planned How Counselors Can Help with Student Drug Testing The ONDCP Says Student Drug Testing When a Student Tests Positive SAMHSA Issues New TIP on Medication‐Assisted Treatment Tip 43 Seen as Lighting a Number of Paths to Improvement Groups Call for Specific References to Substance Abuse in Disaster Relief Law Sale Pending for CRC Health Group Briefly Noted Resources Call for Applications Coming up     

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Call to Action, Rally Boosting Parity's Last Chance in This Congress GAO: Weak Controls at ONDCP Raise Concerns in DFC Grantee Selections CDC: Tragic Results of Excessive Drinking by American Indians SAMHSA Seeks Comments on Proposed Match for SBIRT Grants Non‐Opioid Drug for Opioid Withdrawal Enters Clinical Trials Briefly Noted State Watch Business Call for Applications Coming up     

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Methadone Overdose Deaths Lead to Restrictive Bills in West Virginia Alabama Using SA Treatment Funds for Patients Discharged from Mental Facility Medical Examiners and Methadone Death Data Utah Governor Requests New Facilities, Drug Court Expansion Counseling Key to Buprenorphine Treatment SA Seen as Common Thread in Repeat Emergency Patients Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Call for Applications Coming up     

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High Rate of Alcohol Use Found among Homicide Offenders and Victims New Programs Define Middle‐Income Clients as Target Market NAADAC's Alaska Affiliate CEO Charged with Embezzlement Treatment, Recovery and Parenting Pat Taylor Leaving Faces & Voices AATOD on ASAM Methadone Induction Guidelines Briefly Noted Call for Applications Coming up     

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Researchers Call Rapid Opioid Detox Unsafe ‘Charitable Choice’ Still in Flux as Religious Organizations Compete for Treatment Grants Payers and Ultra Rapid Detox Resource One State's Missive on Charitable Choice Charitable Choice and Access to Recovery Tainted Heroin Caused Cardiovascular Effects in First Part of 2005 Coordination Urged Between Corrections and State Substance Abuse Directors State Prison Population Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

Special Issue in honor of Jean-Paul Sartre

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Special Issue in honor of Jean-Paul Sartre     

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Health Reform Means More Covered Patients for Addiction Treatment Field Keen Interest in Medicaid Compliance Course as N.Y. Agencies Question Audits New Software Allows Providers to Match Patients to Other Services SAMHSA: Treatment Programs Lax in Arranging for Infectious Disease Screening Utah Study Finds High Rate of Chronic Pain in Rx Drug Overdoses Not Having Addiction Providers on Panels Would Violate Parity Briefly Noted State News Employment Call for Comments Coming up     

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CEOs Balance Competing Interests in Time of Leadership Turmoil Family Court and Outpatient Treatment Hoped to Lead to More Reunification New Chief for Program Aimed at LGBT Community Plans Growth AATOD Issues Dosage Advisory on Methadone Induction Phase Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Call for Applications Coming up     

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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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Battle Lines Drawn Over Patient Confidentiality Issues Oklahoma Counselors Could Gain Delay in Loss of Payment for Therapy Services Technology and Consent Can Coexist How to Cooperate With 2010 Census and Preserve Confidentiality Combined Deductible Benefits Patients AATOD Calls for OTPs to Report Patient Deaths Briefly Noted State News Call for Applications Coming up     

Has the National Do Not Call Registry Helped or Hurt State-Level Response Rates?: A Time Series Analysis

By the end of the initial registration period on August 31,2003, the National Do Not Call Registry (DNC Registry) had registeredmore than 50 million telephone numbers. Approximately 18 monthslater that number had increased to more than 91 million. Theimpact of the DNC Registry on survey response rates, however,is largely unknown. Some researchers speculate that the registrycould make it easier to distinguish between telephone surveyinterviewers and telemarketers. Other researchers argue thata significant portion of DNC registrants may not make such distinctionsand would prefer instead to reduce all unsolicited calls frommarketers and interviewers alike. Case outcomes from nearly4.5 million telephone numbers called between January 1, 2002,and June 30, 2005, as part of the Behavioral Risk Factor SurveillanceSystem were analyzed. Using trend analyses and autoregressiveintegrated moving average (ARIMA) time series modeling, we assessedthe impact of the DNC Registry on state-level monthly responserates in 47 states. Our findings indicate that once pre-DNCRegistry trends in response rates and other potential covariatesare accounted for, the national Do Not Call rules have had nosignificant impact on state-level response rates in either apositive or negative direction.     

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National Addiction Groups Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration How Can States Provide Treatment to Youth? About the Organizations Delivery Options for AOD Medicaid Services HIPAA Requires Limiting Physical Access to Information New SAMHSA Report Reveals State Estimates of Substance Use Names in the News Call for Applicants Business Notes Briefly Noted Coming up…     

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Proposition 36 Report Identifies Promising Practices in Treatment of Offenders Okla. Agency Finds Creative Application of Incentives to Spur Family Involvement Investor Group Wants to Buy Treatment Programs Magellan Seeking State Contracts to Manage Integrated Care Briefly Noted State Watch Business Call for Participation Coming Up     

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Idaho Legislators Try to Maintain Treatment Push Despite Governor's Veto SBI Potential Expands into Workplace Florida Faces Decimation of Corrections‐Based Treatment RAND Researcher Tells Congress Drug Strategy is Unbalanced Percentages of Excessive Drinking by Industry Briefly Noted State Watch Call for Applications 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