State
- In the latest news on implementing federal health care reform in New York, Governor David Paterson named 37 organizations to the Health Care Reform Advisory Committee, which will provide input during the process. The committee includes organizations representing health care providers, consumers, businesses, organized labor, local governments, health plans and health insurers, and health policy experts.
National
- Visiting an addiction treatment facility in Baltimore last week, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, stressed the importance of prevention and treatment, which are cornerstones in ONDCP's new drug strategy.
- In New Hampshire, a shortage of addiction treatment programs is delaying the efforts of many inmates trying to earn parole.
- In the wake of a column in The Washington Post questioning the use of addiction rehabilitation programs and recovery groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, the editorial page editor of The Roanoke Times wrote a spirited defense of AA.
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