Community Health Funding Report

Substance Abuse

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CSAT Continues Working to Provide Drug Treatment Advice

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is beginning a new effort to provide technical assistance in the area of drug abuse treatment strategies.

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SAMHSA Funding to Focus More on Violence, Veterans

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is taking steps to implement two new priorities which will be supported by the agency's discretionary grant opportunities.

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(TOBACCO) MO Agency Funds Cessation Programs with $75K Each

In 2003, the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) identified tobacco use as a major health issue affecting residents of its service region. MFH committed $40 million over nine years to implement the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative. Funding up to $75,000 disbursed over a 12-month period...

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(SUBSTANCE ABUSE) Study: Kids Use Inhalants More than Drugs

More 12-year-olds have used common household products as inhalants to get high than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, according to data released today (March 11) by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin. in conjunction with the 18th annual Nat'l. Inhalants &...

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(SUBSTANCE ABUSE) Study: Environment Harms 'Cocaine Babies'

Children exposed to cocaine in the womb can later exhibit learning, language and behavioral problems -- that's nothing new. What is new is research that seems to show these impairments are more attributable to the troubled environment the children of cocaine users live in than to the drug. As repor...

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(SUBSTANCE ABUSE) SAMHSA Allocates $10.5M for Teens, Families

Agency: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin.; Program: Family Centered Substance Abuse Treatment Grants for Adolescents and their Families (CFDA Number: 93.243) (Funding Opportunity Number: TI-10-002); Eligibility: domestic public and private nonprofit entities, state and local govern...

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(SUBSTANCE ABUSE) Environment Harms 'Cocaine Babies' Says Study

Children exposed to cocaine in the womb can later exhibit learning, language and behavioral problems -- that's a fact. However, new research seems to show that these impairments are more attributable to the troubled environment the children of cocaine users live in than to the drug. As reported by ...

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE: SAMHSA Updates Buprenorphine Rules

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin. (SAMHSA) proposes to amend the federal opioid treatment program regulations by modifying the dispensing requirements for buprenorphine and buprenorphine combination products.

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Report: Substance Abuse/Mental Illness Vary Substantially by State

State by state, there are "substantial" disparities in levels of substance abuse and mental illness problems--with some states having levels twice as high as others in certain areas--finds a new report.

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Study: About 12 Percent of Kids Live with a Parent Who Abuses Drugs

Nearly 12 percent of the nation's children live with a parent that abuses drugs, say experts at the federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin. (SAMHSA), who surveyed over 87,000 parents aged 18 and older about their substance dependence and abuse.

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