HEADLINES
Kids decontaminated after rescue from meth lab Feb. 21, 2010 8:51 pm WVLT KY
According to the sheriff's office, one adult was downstairs with the children watching TV and three were in the attic cooking meth... Read full story...
Sheriff: Meth problem getting worse in Lexington County Feb. 22, 2010 2:47 am WIS SC
It's easy to make and it's highly explosive. Lexington County Sheriff James Metts says the methamphetamine problem in his county is getting worse... Read full story...
Meth problem a mixed bag Feb. 21, 2010 The Star Press IN
Sometimes statistics don't tell the entire story, and that's the case with methamphetamine abuse and illegal manufacturing in Delaware County... Read full story...
New Meth Law May Hassle Cold Sufferers Feb. 20, 2010 3:47 pm WKRG-TV MS
Frank Gruich is one of several pharmacists along the Mississippi Gulf Coast that seems pleased with the new law governing pseudoephedrine. Now that the state requires a prescription, it'll cut down on all the paperwork he has to do now... Read full story...
Bill proposed for St. Louis to combat meth labs Feb. 20, 2010 1:16 am St. Louis Post-Dispatch MO
Alderman Stephen Gregali proposed a bill on Friday that would require prescriptions to buy pseudoephedrine products in the city, a move to help curtail the production of methamphetamine... 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.
Unregulated sober houses are a vital resource Feb. 7, 2010 The Providence Journal RI
So, with her help, MHRH officials began designing protocols that require those sober houses benefiting from ATR money to make sure tenants are at least enrolled in some substance abuse counseling, either at the house or elsewhere, when they move in... Read full story...
New York and Connecticut Drug Rehab Center Mountainside Weighs In on Latest White House Budget Feb. 13, 2010 Behavioral Health Central NY/CT
Previous Drug Czar John Walters and the Bush administration through their Access to Recovery programs helped to expand the footprint of treatment services in communities and we are optimistic that there will be ongoing support of those efforts which have gained traction."... Read full story...
Obama Proposes Increased Funding for Treatment and Prevention, but 'Balance' Proves Elusive Goal Feb. 5, 2010 Join Together DC
Also receiving new funds are programs to add new addiction counselors to federal health systems, increase the use of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment, the Access to Recovery program ($9.9-million budget increase), and $10 million more for drug courts... Read full story...
Training Opportunity March and April CEUs Available ATR New Mexico NM
CounselingWorld, LLC Presents: 6 CEU Ethics In The Modern Counseling World March 13th, 2010... Read full story...
ASI MV Training Alert ATR New Mexico NM
http://www.atrnm.com/cms/kunde/rts/atrnmcom/docs/677212485-02-01-2010-10-39-27l.doc (DOC) Read full story...
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