HEADLINES
Vancouver police thanked for role in meth busts Feb. 27, 2010 11:14 am Seattle Post Intelligencer WA
A Clark County team is getting credit for helping police around the region stop methamphetamine cooks and dealers... Read full story...
Gazette opinion: Ups & Downs Feb. 28, 2010 Billings Gazette MT
Rimrock Opera Company debuted an unusual show at Laurel Middle School last week, the first performance of an original musical titled “American Opera Idol.” ROC performed the anti-meth musical at Billings public middle schools, too. Bravo, Doug Nagel and ROC! Thanks for taking your creative, anti-drug message to local students... Read full story...
Tracking system targets meth 'smurfers' Mar. 1, 2010 The News Tribune WA
Smurfing is what meth cooks do get the ingredients they need for their product. They go from store to store, buying as many boxes as they can of cold medication that contains ephedrine and other meth precursors... Read full story...
Drug 'infection' spreading in Johnson County Feb. 27, 2010 press-citizen.com IA
While the wild marijuana field was likely an innocent occurrence, Blomgren said the task force is noticing a disturbing trend in methamphetamine labs... Read full story...
Editorial | Wrong prescription Feb. 28, 2010 courier-journal.com KY
There is no debate that methamphetamines are a scourge in Kentucky. In 2009, 716 meth labs were discovered — a record for the state and a figure that masks the underlying addiction, misery and death associated with the illegal drug... Read full story...
Meth in Mississippi Mar. 1, 2010 3:38 pm WDAM.com MS
It devastates lives, ruins families and puts all of us in danger. Meth is an epidemic in this state. There have been more than 620 meth lab busts in Mississippi over the last year... 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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