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NSDUH: National Survey Finds Increase in Marijuana Use Center Develops Shorter Treatments With a Clinical and Business Case Strong Essential Benefit Package for MH, SUD Services Released Specialized Treatment Services as Essential Benefits DEA Bans Three Chemicals in ‘Spice’ and ‘Bath Salts’ Drugged Driving Initiatives Fostered by ONDCP Briefly Noted In the States Business News Pharma News Resources Coming up     

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Best Treatments for Young People with Heroin Addiction: No Rule Book Physicians' Presence in Centers Reflects Business Transformation Parents' ‘Lax Attitudes’ Blamed for Rise in ADHD Meds Abuse Information Technology, Healthcare Reform and Recovery Aids Effects of Rx Take‐Back Day Unclear; Overall Approach Working National Drug Strategy Focuses Again on Move toward Public Health Briefly Noted Coming up     

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California Legislature Criticizes Lack of State Oversight over Addiction Counselors Don't Expect Overnight Success in the Effort to Master Billing In 42 CFR Part 2 Fight, Confidentiality Trumps Convenience Oregon Prison Counselors Want Raises in Exchange for Master's Requirement In Wake of Deaths, Oklahoma Law Requires Stricter Monitoring Insurers Setting Premiums Based on Interim Final Rule Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Multiple Relapses and SUD Treatment: What's Going Wrong? When Entering a New Market, Don't Take Success for Granted ASAM Criteria: New Edition about Much More than Placement Florida Experts Condemn Florida Task Force Approach to Drug‐Exposed Newborns NIDA, CDC Support Onsite HIV Testing without Counseling Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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Field Urges HHS to Strengthen Parity in EHB and Exchanges New Executive at Fairbanks Sees Collaborations as Key to Success NASADAD Issues Consensus Statement Supporting MAT New Jersey Bill Would Require Parity for State Health Plans Readers: The Best and Worst of 2012, Hopes and Fears for 2013 Clarification: Medical Necessity Clause in Maine for Buprenorphine Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Opposing Voices on Essential Health Benefits: Insurers and Employers N.J. Agency Considers Sound Data Crucial in Tight Insurance Market Chamber of Commerce on HHS Delay in Proposed Rule FDA Likely to Move Hydrocodone to Schedule II Senator Harkin, Longtime Champion of Field, to Retire in 2014 Study: Smartphones Propel Recovery Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Sequestration: Waiting for the Cuts to Start Center Expands Outpatient Limit but Sees Residential Surviving State‐by‐State Cuts Study Finds CMHCs Reduce Readmissions Cigna Joins ABHW, Pledging to Expand Network NAADAC and IC&RC to Collaborate N.H. Releases Five‐Year Plan to Target Alcohol and Drug Abuse Briefly Noted In the States Resources Coming up     

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Researchers Look at Links between ADHD, Stimulant Medications and SUDs All‐Encompassing Approach to Care Showing Early Success for Avalon CADCA Forum Spotlights SAMHSA Officials on ACA, Mental Health Subcontractor Helps SAMHSA Get the Word Out on ACA FDA Hears from Pain Treatment Advocates on Opioid Labeling Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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CMS and SAAS: Healthcare Reform is Payment Reform Naming a Facility: Many Centers Leave the Process to Chance ONDCP Deputy Director and Former SSA on Healthcare Reform Senator Calls for Crackdown on ADHD Meds in N.Y. Colleges Kentucky to Study Value of Requiring M.D. Use of PDMP Briefly Noted State News 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     

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Recovery Coaches — New Standards for Volunteers Only? Programs Treating Offenders Should Provide Specialized Services Oregon Audit Finds Not Treating Offenders Costly West Virginia Launches Database to Let CPS Scan Drug Arrests Drug Tests for Welfare Vetoed by North Carolina Governor Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Canadian Food Addiction Study Highlights Links to Obesity Yale Food Addiction Scale Same‐Day Access in Many OTPs, but Some Subgroups Face Waits SAMHSA Starts to Back off on Confidentiality of Patient Records Ensuring Confidentiality in Electronic Health Records Information on Exchanges and SUD Services Still Lacking Medicaid Managed Care for SUDs and Mental Health Delayed in New York State News Coming up     

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Krokodil Media Frenzy Presents Misinformation When Complaints are Lodged Online, Don't Fail to Respond Study: Buprenorphine to Naltrexone Taper Effective for Some E‐Cigarette Use More than Doubles among Teens according to CDC States Rethinking Drug Testing for Welfare or Unemployment Teenagers in Child Welfare at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Gitlow as ASAM President and Orexo Medical Director: Conflict of Interest? Centers Take Baby Steps to Combat Turnover, with Solutions Elusive Conflict of Interest Rules for DSM‐5 Task Force and Work Groups A Year after Newtown, What Has Changed? NAADAC Faults SAMHSA, HRSA in Lack of Workforce Planning Researchers Find Gene Linked to Excessive Alcohol Consumption NIDA Terminates CEWG; Data to Be Collected under New System Coming up     

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ACA and Parity Implementation at Last Adjusting to ACA, Improving Staff among 2014 Business Goals The Best and Worst of 2013, Hopes and Fears for 2014 Coming up     

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Marijuana: The New Alcohol? Voices from the Legalization Debate Providers in Some States Scramble to Hire Qualified Licensed Staff State Initiatives to Prevent Fatal ODs Include Naloxone and 911 Shumlin Targets Heroin, Beefs up Addiction Treatment N.J. Case Equates Methadone Treatment by Pregnant Woman with Child Abuse State News Coming up     

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SAMHSA‐Requested FY 2015 Budget Axes ATR, Adds $20 Million for Integration Leaders Say Pace of Mergers between Providers Can't Be Forced Naloxone Saves Lives and Can Lead People to Treatment Evidence and the 12 Steps Faces & Voices of Recovery Announces Leadership Transition Local Governments ask Rx Industry to Pay for Take‐Back Days Resources Coming up     

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MTF: College Students' Daily Use of Marijuana at 30‐Year High No Instant Formula for Inclusion as Managed Care Network Provider National Council‐SAAS Merger: The View from Two States Marijuana Money Shunned, Mostly, by Treatment Field OASAS Launches ‘Combat Heroin’ Public Awareness Campaign Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Walsh to Leave NAATP as Treatment Field Faces Growth and Challenges Centers Seek to Overcome Barriers to Serving Uniformed Personnel Housing and Treatment Providers Take Step toward Collaboration Hanley Said to be Moving from Caron to Origins Botticelli Confirmation Hearing Held State News Resources Coming up