HEADLINES
Daughter, dad find way to heal Mar. 11, 2010 3:47 am Columbus Dispatch OH
After being raped at age 14, Carren Clem developed a methamphetamine addiction - a habit she financed through theft and prostitution... Read full story...
McDaniel’s bill helps war on meth Mar. 13, 2010 Sand Mountain Reporter AL
The Alabama Senate approved Rep. Frank McDaniel’s House bill creating an electronic database to track sales of pseudoephedrine products... Read full story...
Hawaii Meth Project hosts community meeting in Waimanalo Mar. 12, 2010 12:29 pm Honolulu Advertiser HI
Join the Hawaii Meth Project and your neighbors for a community meeting to learn the facts about Meth... Read full story...
Georgia Meth Project Aims To Stop Meth Use Mar. 12, 2010 9:16 am WJBF-TV GA
The Georgia Meth Project is a three year state wide campaign to stop people from ever trying the drug... Read full story...
Kreiman to run for Re-election to Senate Mar. 12, 2010 3:43 pm KTVO3 IA
Kreiman, a local attorney, has served as co-chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee for the past six years. In that capacity, Kreiman helped draft anti-methamphetamine legislation that has reduced meth labs in Southern Iowa and the rest of the state by more than 80 percent... Read full story...
Students see consequences of drinking, drugs Mar. 11, 2010 8:02 pm Gadsden Times AL
The scare tactic was part of a program designed to remind students about the dangers of drinking and driving and the consequences drugs can have on their lives... Read full story...
Pseudoephedrine resolution withdrawn Mar. 11, 2010 9:33 am FOX41.com KY
While she still believes it is an important way to fight the rise of Meth labs in Louisville Metro Councilwoman Vicki Aubrey Welch has withdrawn her sponsorship of a resolution that would ask lawmakers in Frankfort to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug... Read full story...
New law will track meds statewide Mar. 11, 2010 10:07 pm Andalusia Star-News AL
The production or use of methamphetamines is not new to Covington County; however, a new law passed Wednesday will require all ephedrine and pseudoephederine products sold to customers in Alabama to be logged into an electronic database... 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...
How to Unsubscribe
If you no longer wish to receive these updates,
please click on this link
http://volvd.com/email/meth/unsubscribe.php?email=mail@risingrain.com
or paste it into your browser.