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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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NESARC Finds Time Lag of 10 Years Between Alcohol use Disorder and Treatment Dually Diagnosed Prove Challenging to State Service Systems Utah Rolls Out $8 Million in New Funds for Treating Drug Offenders House Committee says ‘Yes’ to Block Grant, ‘No’ to Penalty Chantix may Work for Alcoholism, Too: Animal Study Briefly Noted State Watch Grants and Funding Resources Business Coming up     

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OTP Patients, Ideal for New Hepatitis C Drug, Put on Bottom of List by Payers Some Centers Find Time Investment in Aftercare Planning Pays Off Legal Action Center Urges Focus on Patients in 42 CFR Part 2 Upcoming SAAS Merger Causing Ripples in Grants World Resources 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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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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MBHOs Sue to Prevent Implementation of Parity Regulations FTC, Florida Sue Company Promoting Alcoholism “Cure” With Supplements ONDCP Calls for Research Into “Per‐Se” Drug Testing of Drivers NAATP Investigated by AG, Hunsicker Suspended Pending Internal Review Legal Analysis is in: Medicaid MCOs Must Comply Sign‐on Letter to Hyde Points to Need for Federal Facilitator Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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National Quality Forum Seeks Input from Treatment Field Parents Group Determined to Add $10 Million to N.J. Treatment Programs Seven Categories for Best Practices Workshop Participants Key Variables in a State's Readiness To Impose an Alcohol Tax One Mother's Story Letter Pleads Case for Parity School Districts Implement Drug Testing as Philosophical Divide Lingers Three Prerequisites for Student Drug Testing Briefly Noted Business Names in the News Resources Coming Up     

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Mothers Addicted to Meth Face Losing their Children; Crisis Looms in Child Welfare Systems Two Studies Show Disparate Triggers for Gambling Who Are the Friends of NIDA? Meth Treatment Works: Friends of NIDA Federal Grants Available for School Drug Tests Senate Subcommittee Approves $300 Million for Drug‐Free Schools SAMHSA Awards $60 Million for SA Services to Homeless Coming Up…     

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AG's Call to Move Drug Offenders out of Federal Prison Increases Treatment Role Housing Line for Centers Brings Grants and Patient Health Merger of Ohio Agencies May Lead to More Recovery Housing Baseball and Steroids: A Substance Abuse Perspective ADAW Wins APEX Award for Newsletter Writing Tennessee Launches Residential Drug Courts Coming up     

President's proposed budget would slash treatment and prevention funding

We had a feeling of déjà vu when the White House sent its proposed budget to Congress last week. Similar to past years, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) would be decimated, moving the $100 million Drug‐Free Communities program to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). There's no additional money in the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) block grant and cuts to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, CSAP and SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.     

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In One of its Last Grants to Field, RWJF Focuses on Sustainability Proportion of People Addicted to Drugs, or Drugs‐Alcohol Mix, on the Rise Field Grapples With Sobriety Time for Counselors in Recovery Study: Treatment Shortly After Detox Mitigates Relapse Alcohol/Drug Role in Suicide May Be More Prevalent Than Believed Maker of Vivitrol Touts Results of Study for Opiate Abuse About N‐SSATS Correction Clients in Treatment, According to Substance Abuse Problem Treated, by Facility Operation and Primary Focus of Facility: March 31, 2005 Briefly Noted Grants and Funding Coming Up     

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Recession: It's Not Over for the States Hawaii's Substance Abuse Director Aims to Preserve Funding for Services Solutions for Treatment Providers MOE Requirements for SAPT Block Grants Report: Most Inmates Need Treatment, Few Get It Provider Fund Helps Patients Defray Costs SECAD: Mee‐Lee Urges Providers to Treat Whole Patient Treatment Can be Provided by EAP, But EAP Can't be a ‘Gatekeeper’ Alcohol Use Lower, Drug Use Higher, Among Blacks Than Average Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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National Drug Strategy Focuses on Public Health Approach Mich. Providers Can Benchmark Client‐ and System‐Level Metrics Opioids and Florida: Rx ODs Down, but Heroin ODs Up Adolescent SBIRT Encouraged by National Council ‘Grants’ Veteran Methadone Treatment Provider Calls for Better Access Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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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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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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With Budget Deal Done, California Treatment Programs Avoid the Worst Cuts Maryland Project Brings Foundation Support for In‐Prison, Re‐Entry Treatment Letter to California Providers from ADP States Consider Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Michael Phelps: A Reflection of Ourselves? NAATP on the Stimulus Package Briefly Noted State News Resources Coming up