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Cold meds prescription bill goes to Miss. governor Feb. 2, 2010 4:21 pm BusinessWeek MS
Mississippi is poised to become only the second state in the nation to require a doctor's prescription for cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the illicit drug methamphetamine... Read full story...
Rural Communities Say Missouri Needs Tougher Anti-Meth Law Feb. 2, 2010 10:10 am KCUR MO
Missouri has led the nation in the number of methamphetamine labs seized each year since 2001. Now several small towns in the state are attempting to curb the drug's production by making a key ingredient - pseudoephedrine - more difficult to get... Read full story...
Meth still a problem Feb. 2, 2010 9:46 am Broken Arrow Ledger OK
A high potential for long-term abuse and crime-related support for the user puts methamphetamine among the most problematic issues for law enforcement across the state and nation... Read full story...
Statement from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Mississippi Bill that Limits Consumer Access to Cold and Allergy Medicines Containing Pseudoephedrine by Requiring a Prescription Feb. 2, 2010 10:53 am PR Newswire MS
The following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), in response to Senate passage of legislation which will require a prescription to access over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine... Read full story...
Elkhorn treatment center could be on chopping block Feb. 1, 2010 8:59 pm Billings Gazette MT
Montana’s only lockdown methamphetamine treatment center for women would get the ax if Gov. Brian Schweitzer follows through on the tentative cuts his Corrections Department submitted for consideration last week... Read full story...
Meth-Ingredient Rx Proposal Pits Drug Enforcers vs. Pharmacies Feb. 2, 2010 7:51 am The Crime Report MO
State and local efforts to thwart methamphetamine production by further limiting consumer access to a popular decongestant are pitting law enforcement against pharmacists and patients, reports USA Today... Read full story...
Missouri again leads nation in meth lab 'incidents' Feb. 3, 2010 1:41 pm KansasCity.com MO
Even as communities and states keep coming up with ways to make it harder to manufacture methamphetamine, makers of the dangerous and addictive drug keep finding ways around them... Read full story...
New Law Cracks Down on Meth in MS Feb. 3, 2010 12:43 pm WREG MS
If Mississippi House Bill 512 is signed into law, it will mean no more buying cold pills with Pseudoephedrine with out a prescription... Read full story...
Ind. Senate endorses meth bill, sends it to House Feb. 3, 2010 1:15 am Chicago Tribune IN
A bill aimed at making sure Indiana's methamphetamine laws target people who try to buy cold medicines to make meth is now before the Indiana House... Read full story...
WV delegate says former meth labs still pose hazards Feb. 3, 2010 9:11 am West Virginia Public Broadcasting WV
Members of the House Finance Committee were most interested at Wednesday’s budget hearing in the growing amount spent on cleaning up methamphetamine houses after the residents are arrested and jailed... Read full story...
Access To Recovery
Access to Recovery (ATR) is a three year competitive discretionary grant program funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). ATR is an initiative which provides vouchers to clients for purchase of substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support services. The goals of the program are to expand capacity, support client choice, and increase the array of faith-based and community based providers for clinical treatment and recovery support services. In 2007, twenty four grantees were awarded an ATR grant after a competitive application process. The program is funded at approximately $98 million per year of which $25 million is set aside to be used to deliver services to individuals with a background of methamphetamine use. For more information please visit www.atr.samhsa.gov.
Access to Recovery Grants Jan. 19, 2010 Join Together
Up to $382 million in Access to Recovery (ATR) grants will be awarded in FY2010 to support treatment voucher programs for individuals with alcohol and other drug problems... Read full story...
SAMHSA is Accepting Applications for $382 Million in Grants for the Access to Recovery Program Jan. 7, 2010 Media Newswire
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ( SAMHSA ) is accepting applications for fiscal year ( FY ) 2010 for Access to Recovery ( ATR ) grants. The ATR program provides people seeking drug and alcohol treatment with vouchers to pay for a range of appropriate community-based services.... Read full story...
Teen addiction recovery center comes to Oroville Jan. 8, 2010 Oroville Mercury-Register CA
California was awarded a second, three-year Access to Recovery grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for programs... Read full story...
Gazette opinion: Busier crisis center needs ongoing support Dec. 28, 2009 Billings Gazette MT, WY
The center has cobbled together funding from several sources this year: $600,000 from Billings Clinic, about $250,000 from St. Vincent, $294,000 from the state and smaller contracts to provide evaluations for the Billings Municipal Mental Health Treatment Court and to provide addiction counseling for the Access to Recovery program of the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council... Read full story...
ACCESS TO RECOVERY (ATR) II PROVIDER ALERT (PDF) Jan. 11, 2010 State of Conn. Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services CT
Based on the feedback from providers and ATR service recipients, DMHAS will implement the following service modifications effective January 11, 2010... Read full story...
News about RMT ATR January 2010 news update Jan. 1, 2010 Tribal Recovery MT, WY
More than 100 people enjoyed a safe, sober, happy and healthy New Year's Eve in Billings thanks to Marian's Recovery Support, Braided Circle Support Services, and their RMT ATR volunteers... Read full story...
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