Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly articles from December 1991

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly archives from December 1991

Working CD benefits into the national health care debate. (chemical dependency treatment, includes related article on Employee Assistance Professionals Association)
December 11, 1991... With nearly 50 bills proposing one form of national health care reform or another pending in Congress, chemical dependency treatment (CD) advocates have become increasingly concerned about ensuring that addiction benefits are a part of any...

Bill to certify drug test labs reintroduced.
December 11, 1991... 2 Senate legislation that would require labs performing drug tests for private sector employers to be certified was reintroduced Nov. 21, joining similar legislation in the House that probably will come under consideration in January. ...

Help sought in drafting prescription drug bill.
December 11, 1991... 3 Rep. Pete Stark (R-Calif) recently requested public input in devising a bill that would provide for computer tracking of controlled substances prescribed by physicians. Stark said prescription drugs that far under schedule II, III,...

NIDA to sponsor research on testing hair for drugs. (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
December 11, 1991... The National Institute on Drug Abuse(NIDA) announced recently that it will fund research on the accuracy and reliability of testing hair samples for traces of abused drugs. The purpose of the funded studies would be to provide the...

HUD program for homeless outlined; funds available. (Department of Housing and Urban Development)
December 11, 1991... 4 The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently published guidelines for the new Shelter Plus program - aimed at chemically dependent or mentally ill homeless people or those with AIDS and announced that programs may apply...

Cigarette, beer ads "honored" with deception awards. (alcohol and tobacco advertising, includes related article on kids and smoking)
December 11, 1991... 4 Advertising campaigns for Camel cigarettes and Old Milwaukee beer were among the "winners" of an annual award for the most misleading, unfair and irresponsible ads, as judged by national alcohol and tobacco activists. The Center for...

Texas department's power over psychiatric hospitals broadens. (Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation)
December 11, 1991... 5 The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TXMHMR), in response to widespread allegations of patient abuse in private psychiatric hospitals, last week adopted new rules designed to broaden its investigative powers to...

Philadelphia center wins Search for Excellence Award. (Washington House Program of the Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Center)
December 11, 1991... A Philadelphia treatment center serving the homeless recently was named die first winner of the J.M. Foundation's National Search for Excellence Award in the category of Primary Treatment for Chemical Dependency. The Washington House...

$19 million slated for treatment under ONDCP budget. (Office of National Drug Control Policy and drug abuse treatment)
December 11, 1991... 3 In addition to the $9 million that Congress appropriated for the Capacity Expansion Program (CEP) under the recently passed Treasury and Postal Service appropriations bill, as previously reported in ADAW (see Nov. 13, 1991 issue), an...

Large HMO signs on UBS to manage CD/MH benefits. (Medica Choice health maintenance organization contracts United Behavioral Systems to manage chemical dependency and mental health benefits)
December 11, 1991... 6 Minnesota-based Medica Choice, the largest independent practice association (IPA) model BA40 in the country, recently contracted United Behavioral Systems, Inc. (UBS) to manage its chemical dependency and mental health benefits. UBS...

ADAMHA funding bill passes, minus abortion measure. (Abortion, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration)
December 4, 1991... After failing to override a presidential veto, Congress removed abortion counseling language which proved to a stumbling block to the passage of an appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education...

Crime bill stalls as Congress recesses.
December 4, 1991... While additional funding for drug treatment in prisons and expanded federal punishment for drug dealers and drug-related offenses have been relatively free from controversy, the most recent attempt at creating a comprehensive crime control...

Companion legislation to COSA bill introduced. (Children of Substance Abusers Act)
December 4, 1991... House legislation mirroring Sen. Christopher Dodd's (D-Conn.) Children of Substance Abusers Act (COSA) - previously incorporated into the Senate ADAMHA reauthorization bill - was introduced Nov. 19 by Rep. John Bryant (D-Texas), and is...

ASAM criteria conference yields some consensus. (American Society on Addiction Medicine)
December 4, 1991... Having brought together the sometimes hostile parties to the debate over chemical dependency treatment and managed care, the American Society on Addiction Medicine (ASAM) could not have expected miraculous advances. What they did get was some...

Missouri looks to replace $3.45 million. (Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse funding)
December 4, 1991... The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse - and the programs it supports - may face a funding cut because of lagging payments for past expansion. Four years ago the state used a one-time federal grant to upgrade program and...

Despite prosecutions, NAPARE says trend is to treat addicts. (National Association of Perinatal Addiction Research and Education)
December 4, 1991... A recently completed survey of states' bills and laws regarding perinatal substance abuse reveals that 19 states have pressed criminal charges against women who expose their unborn children to drugs, and that some states are considering...

Profits down at PIA facilities under investigation. (Psychiatric Institutes of America)
December 4, 1991... National Medical Enterprises, Inc. recently announced that the profit performance of its psychiatric hospitals is well below expectations, owing the decline to negative publicity regarding its Psychiatric Institutes of America, under...

Bill would aid in educating drug exposed children. (Educators and Drug Exposed Children's Act introduced in the US House of Representatives)
December 4, 1991... A recently introduced House bill calls for $150 million to be spent in 1992 on education grants aimed at drug-exposed children. The Educators and Drug Exposed Children's Act, introduced Nov. 20 by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), authorizes...

ARF says fewer students drinking more alcohol. (Addiction Research Foundation in Canada)
December 4, 1991... While fewer Canadian students are drinking and using other drugs, those who do are consuming more, a new report sponsored by the Addiction Research Foundation found. The Ontario Student Drug Use Survey found that 36.9 percent of students...

OptimumCare's net income, revenues up from last year.
December 4, 1991... Optimum Care Corp., of Laguna Niguel, Calif., which operates psychiatric care and chemical dependency programs nationwide, recently announced a net income after taxes of $97,698, or 2 cents per share, for the three-month period ending Sept....

Biodyne reports increase in revenues. (American Biodyne Inc.)
December 4, 1991... American Biodyne Inc., of San Francisco, a provider of managed mental health and chemical dependency programs, reported Nov. 13 revenues of $51.3 million for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, compared to $27.7 million for the previous year,...

Chiappetta retracts newsletter announcement. (R. Douglas Chiappetta will not be producing newsletter with Manisses Communications Group)
December 4, 1991... Chemical dependency field government relations consultant R. Douglas Chiappetta recently retracted a press release in which he said he would be producing a newsletter with Manisses Communications Group, the publisher of Alcoholism and Drug...