Monday, September 30, 2002

NIDA and SAMHSA agreement expedites transfer of research findings to clinical practice
A press release from the National Institute on Drug Abuse on "a unique intra-agency agreement to expedite the application of findings from treatment research into clinical application.... Under the agreement, NIDA will provide funding to support CSAT's Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC), a network comprised of 14 independent regional centers and a national office charged with increasing the knowledge and skills of addiction treatment practitioners and fostering alliances to support and implement best treatment practices. The purpose of the agreement is to enhance efforts to disseminate and apply findings from NIDA's National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) as well as other NIDA-supported studies to practitioners served by the ATTCs."  
  

Call for more help for addicts (UK)
BBC story - "Thousands of lives could be saved each year if people with drug problems had greater awareness of addiction services" according to the charity Action on Addiction, which has launched a campaign called Angels Against Addiction in an effort to improve services and boost research.  
  

Rehab centers monitor Bush case (Florida)
USA Today story - "An Orlando judge is expected to decide today whether staff members at a rehab center can be forced to cooperate with police investigating possible drug charges against Noelle Bush — the daughter of Gov. Jeb Bush. Because of its high profile — Noelle, 25, is also the president's niece — the case is being closely watched by about 14,000 drug treatment centers nationwide where 1.1 million abusers sought help in 2001."