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Attitudinal Barriers Pose Greatest Obstacle to Methadone Treatment Programs in Jails SAMHSA Brings Integrated Treatment to Provider Level with Release of TIP 42 New Mexico Legislation Addresses Methadone Treatment in Jails AATOD Cites Progress in Project to Increase Access to Methadone Treatment SAMHSA Making Strides in Treatment of Co‐Occurring Disorders Security of Health Information – The Latest HIPAA Deadline Names in the News Resources Briefly Noted 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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Success Story: Partnership Between TC and Methadone Clinic Counselors — and Management — of Color Needed in Treatment Field OASAS Non‐Discrimination Regulation Meeting Schedule to Introduce Methadone to Palladia Staff Fledgling Day‐Treatment TC in Bulgaria Seabrook House Establishes Self‐Pay Program for Mothers Incarcerating with Treatment, or Treatment as an Alternative Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming Up     

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Baltimore's Promotion of Buprenorphine Leads to Negative Newspaper Coverage Pa. Agencies: Confidentiality Changes Would Increase Managed Care Denials CSAT Media Roundtable Examines Buprenorphine CSAT to Methadone Programs: Think Twice About Take‐Homes Introducing the Coalition on Appalachian Substance Abuse Policy The 8 Criteria for Methadone Take‐Home Doses Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Coming up     

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Peer Recovery Workers Gaining Foothold; Their Role May Grow Under Health Reform McLellan to Leave ONDCP Primary Care Physicians Needed in Addiction Treatment Workforce Methadone Staffers Need Training: AATOD and NAMA Code of Ethics for Methadone Advocates NAADAC Prepares First National Scopes of Practice ABAM Certification Hoped to Lead to Official Addiction Specialty Workforce Development Tools Seen in Health Reform Law The Graying Workforce Briefly Noted Resources Coming up     

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Methadone Painkiller Overdoses Causing PR Problem for Treatment Field Internet Availability Threatens to Worsen Rx Drug Problems Pharmacokinetics of Methadone Addiction Caucus Briefed on Workforce Issues NCADD Campaign for ‘Hope, Help & Healing’ Launched NASADAD Director Addresses Methamphetamine Treatment Before Souder Panel Student Illicit Drug Use Declining Benzodiazepines Most Widely Available on Internet Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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Senator Rockefeller Proposes Legislation to Regulate Methadone Maker of Vivitrol to Launch Financial Assistance Program for Patients The 8 Criteria for Methadone Take‐Home Doses Caron Tobacco Cessation Program Funded by Phillip Morris Future of Mass. Treatment Programs Depends on Alcohol Tax Breakdown of Governor's Proposed Budget Alcohol Taxes Proposed for Sports and Cities in Indiana Child Abuse/Neglect Increases Risk of Teen Binge Drinking: Study Briefly Noted State News Call for Applications Names in the News Coming up     

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Primary Care Physicians Still Challenged by Lab Tests, AUDIT Causal Link Shown Between Alcohol Ads and Increased Drinking in Young People Injectable Naltrexone Moves Closer to Final Approval Mobile Clinics Seen as Improving Access to Methadone Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Deadly Synthetic Cannabinoids Used to Evade Marijuana Drug Tests Make Sure Contractors Adhere to Client Confidentiality Cocaine Overdoses on the Increase Study Finds Methadone Causes Testosterone Deficiency in Men NAADAC up for HHS Contract for Workforce Development Briefly Noted State News 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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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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CMS May Stop Maine Medicaid from Limiting Methadone Treatment Rimrock CEO Seeks to Draw from Experience in Primary Care The Letter IC&RC and NAADAC Support ATTC Workforce Recommendations CRC Celebrates Recovery Month with Expansion in Pennsylvania Rat Study Finds Intermittent Drinking Leads to Heavier Use Names in the News 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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NASADAD Report: Most States Seeing Increase in Heroin Admissions and ODs Some States' Initiatives in MAT Rely Heavily on Primary Care Study Finds Some Benefit of Methadone over Buprenorphine Talking Circles to Be Studied as Youth Prevention Approach NIDA and NIAAA Start to Assemble Plan for Longitudinal Study State News Names in the News Coming up     

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New Jersey Supreme Court to Rule on Methadone Treatment during Pregnancy Family and Community Linkages Key in Youth Treatment NSDUH: Daily Marijuana Use Increasing among Teens Blog Post Critical of IC&RC Training Full of Errors CSAT's Clark: SBIRT Trials Should Focus on Mild SUDs Briefly Noted Coming up     

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OIG Report Blasts Kane‐Cavaiola and Divides Treatment Community FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Methadone for Pain Kane‐Cavaiola Responds Growing Abuse of Ingredients in Cough Medicines Worries Officials CADCA Announces Recipients of Coalitions of the Year Awards New Prescribing Language Briefly Noted Grants and Funding Coming Up     

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Health Care Reform and Parity: Twin Worries for the Field Affiliation Enhances SA Continuum for Largest Community‐Based Provider Providers' Role in Preventing and Treating Problem Gambling Montana Treatment System Gets Additional $3 Million Methadone Induction Death Raises Questions Briefly Noted State News Resources Names in the News 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