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Finding an EHR Vendor: Mistakes are Costly, and Questions About Confidentiality Linger Basic Cell Phone Technology Seen as Recovery Boost in Conn. Center Oral Fluids: The Specimen of the Future for Drug Testing Addiction Vaccines on the Edge of Discovery Video‐Conferencing Coming Soon to Oklahoma Substance Abuse Providers NIAAA Sums up Technologies Used in Treating Alcohol Abuse Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Douglas' Case Hoped to Bring Methadone Treatment Behind Bars OTP Banks on Effectiveness of Integrated Primary Care NIDA‐NIAAA Merger RFI is Closed; Field Waits for NIH Action SBIRT Coming to Hospitals via Joint Commission NAATP Annual Meeting Focuses on Looming Changes for Field AATOD: OTPs Should Use PMPs But Not Input Data Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Teens Caught in the Middle: Juvenile Justice System and Treatment On Tap for SAMHSA: Reauthorization Expectations, Underage Drinking Efforts Eleven Elements of Effective Drug Treatment in Juvenile Justice System Programs Profiled in Drug Strategies Report Moreno Tuohy Assumes Permanent Position of NAADAC Executive Director: Merger Vote Coming Up NIDA Starts Special Funding Focus on African‐Americans, HIV and Incarceration New HIV Campaign Aimed at Teens Cannabinoid May Make New Brain Cells Grow, Reduce Depression in Rats Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

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Baclofen: Hope for Alcoholism Treatment, but More Trials Needed Centers Push Ahead to Market on Web, Despite Ethics Concerns How ONDCP Changed Course on Naloxone: Harm Reduction FDA Approves Naloxone Auto‐Injector Decoding Quality: Medication‐Assisted Treatment and Choices Coming up     

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EHR Costs for Addiction Treatment Programs: $100,000 and up Unit Reinforces Addiction Medicine via Affiliation with Yale School SAMHSA Workforce Report Has Landed Florida Cities Lobby to Restrict Sober Homes Statewide Five Reasons a Recovery Focus Strengthens Everything Aetna Uses Pharmacy Benefit to Discourage Opioid Abuse Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Peers as Professionals: More Than Recovery Experience is Required NAADAC Will Train Workers for Private Market CCB Offers Credential on MAT to Help with Counseling The March of Professionalization SAMHSA Proposed Budget: Stress on ‘Behavioral’ Workforce Drug Court Staffing: Adult Differs from Juvenile Coming up     

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When State SA Agencies Merge CADCA Speaker: Coalitions Must Diversify Community Outreach Strategies Consolidation and Cutbacks in Proposed DOJ Budget San Diego's Project Connect: Services for People with Developmental Disabilities Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Call for Applications 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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Process Improvement Goes National with Announcement of Campaign Congress Moves Closer to Passing Bill on FDA Regulation of Tobacco Topiramate is Latest Alcoholism Treatment Drug: Study NQF Releases 11 Voluntary Standards for Treatment The NQF Standards for Screening and Treatment FDA Regulation of Tobacco: The Bill Briefly Noted State Watch Coming up     

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Block Grant, Health Care Reform, Parity Challenges for Field Despite Uncertainties, Providers See Working in Primary Care as a Must More Trends and Developments from 2011 Reflections from Readers: Hopes and Fears for 2012 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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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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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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MTF Survey of 8th, 10th, 12th Graders: Marijuana Use up, Risk Perception down To Prepare for ACA, Centers Create Broader Presence CADCA: MTF is Proof Medical Marijuana Laws Failed DPA: Other Drugs are Worse Making Your Website Work: The Pitfalls of the Internet At ONDCP Conference, Ginter Stresses Methadone and Bupe Briefly Noted Names in the News Resources Coming up     

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SA Counselors of the Future: Recovery Coaches, Care Coordinators, or Ph.Ds? Sole‐Source Detox Services Help Protect Agency from Major Cuts Report to Congress More Reflections from Readers: Hopes and Fears for 2012 SAMHSA Gets $3.5 Million for Military Families Policy Academies Briefly Noted In the States Names in the News Coming up