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Editorials | Use every tool to fight meth Feb. 25, 2010 3:34 pm Seattle Times Newspaper WA
EFFORTS to fight the scourge of methamphetamine must be as nimble as the illicit efforts to manufacture the highly addictive drug. House Bill 2961 is the next step... Read full story...
Utah Legislature OKs tax donations for meth homes Feb. 25, 2010 12:59 pm LocalNews8.com UT
The Utah Legislature has approved a measure to let taxpayers donate money on their tax returns to help rebuild homes tainted by methamphetamine... Read full story...
Angel's Story: Growing up with meth Feb. 25, 2010 7:35 pm WAOW WI
Angel Fremming's story started out as a happy one, but took a terrifying turn when she says her dad and ex-step mom began using and making meth... Read full story...
Man Found in Motel with Meth and his Baby Feb. 25, 2010 5:04 pm KFBB NewsChannel 5 MT
A Great Falls man is charged with abusing his ten month old son while high on meth... Read full story...
Canada's rudimentary approach to 'unselling' drugs Feb. 25, 2010 8:30 pm The Globe and Mail Canada
Over the past five years, Montana has gained a dubious international fame, becoming known as a hotbed of methamphetamine use but also as the place where a national battle against the drug got a toehold, with a series of graphic ads so powerful they were banned from daytime television... Read full story...
Editorial: Allegan program offers effective treatment for meth addicts Feb. 25, 2010 10:09 am MLive.com MI
Methamphetamine is a highly addictive, sometimes deadly drug. Allegan County has been a hot-spot for production, sale and use of it... Read full story...
Editorial: MATForce has made the Verde Valley a better place to live Feb. 25, 2010 3:16 pm Camp Verde Bugle AZ
In August 2005, The Verde Independent/Camp Verde Bugle launched an in-depth investigation into the proliferation of methamphetamine use in the Verde Valley... Read full story...
Meth Cases Costing the Public Feb. 24, 2010 9:12 pm KOKI FOX 23 OK
Meth has made a serious impact on Tulsa, and even though many meth cooks sit behind bars, the crimes they’ve committed still affect innocent bystanders... Read full story...
Committee work continues as session advances Feb. 25, 2010 6:46 am Jenks Journal OK
State lawmakers voted this week to create a state registry of meth offenders similar to the sex-offender registry... 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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