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This portion of our site (formerly titled Points of Interest) contains news items and announcements posted on the Policy Information Exchange during the past month. These are items which we believe will be of interest to our colleagues in the behavioral health field. Typically, items will appear on the main PIE page for no longer than a week before they are moved to this archive page. 

Last Updated: August 16, 2005

June 27 2005 - New Mexico Requires Ignition Locks for DUI Offenders

June 27 2005 - Governor Signs First Steps Improvements; Youth and Health Legislation

June 24 2005 - Report Considers Assets of Elderly Individuals

June 22 2005 - Adult Antisocial Syndromes Common Among Substance Abusers

June 22 2005 - New Jersey Appeals Court Issues Temporary Injunction Blocking Needle-Exchange Programs in Atlantic City, Camden

June 21 2005 - Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Financial-Aid Penalty

June 20 2005 - Philly Launches Treatment Resource Website

June 17 2005 - States Move Forward with Medical-Marijuana Efforts

June 17 2005 - Medical-Marijuana Bill Defeated in U.S. House

June 17 2005 - Treatment Rate for Mental Illnesses Rising in United States, Study Shows

June 17 2005 - L.A. County Board of Supervisors Approves Resolution To Allow Pharmacies To Sell Syringes Without Prescriptions

June 15 2005 - Poll: Americans Oppose Crackdown on Medical-Marijuana Users

June 15 2005 - Restrictions on Prescription Drugs for Florida Medicaid Beneficiaries Could Harm Mentally Ill, Advocates Say

June 14 2005 - Smoking Falls After NYC Ban

June 14 2005 - Nevada Repeals Law Hindering ER Screenings for Addiction

June 10 2005 - Medical Marijuana Bill Passes R.I. Senate

June 10 2005 - Colorado Medicaid Law Now Provides Addiction Treatment

June 9 2005 - Congressional Budget Appropriators Must Find $900M for Implementation of 2003 Medicare Law

June 9 2005 - China Endorses Needle Exchange

June 8 2005 - Fallout Mixed on Medical-Marijuana Ruling

June 8 2005 - Lawmaker Moves to Protect Medical Marijuana Users

June 8 2005 - Supreme Court Ruling Cancels Provisions in State Medical Marijuana Laws Protecting Users From Federal Prosecution

June 8 2005 - Marijuana Could Provide Mental Health Treatments

June 7 2005 - Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth

June 3 2005 - Drug Offenders Offered Choice of Prison, Treatment, or Church

June 3 2005 - National Governors Association Executive Committee Decides Group Will Not Participate in Federal Medicaid Reform Commission

June 3 2005 - South Carolina Law Requires Equal Coverage for Mental, Physical Conditions

June 2 2005 - Drug Courts Proliferate Nationally

June 2 2005 - Wave of Hepatitis C Problems Expected

June 1 2005 - Smart Steering Wheel Prevents DWI

June 1 2005 - Washington Post Examines Lawmakers' Efforts To Increase Funding for Mental Health Services

May 31 2005 - Feds Considering New Alcohol Labels

May 31 2005 - British Pubs Frown on 'Happy Hour'

May 31 2005 - North Carolina Chooses Seniors Over Child Smokers

May 26 2005 - Utah Methadone Deaths Up 300 Percent

May 26 2005 - States Have Considered More Than 500 Prescription Drug Bills, Resolutions in 2005, Report Finds

May 25 2005 - Social Security Is Critical To Economic Security For Wisconsin Seniors, New Data Show

May 24 2005 - Needle Exchange Programs:

-Worcester, Mass., City Council Votes To Oppose State Bill That Would Allow Rules, Regulations on Needle-Exchange Programs
-Paterson, N.J., Will Not Apply for Pilot Needle-Exchange Program, Mayor Says

May 24 2005 - Local Meth Use Costs Tallied

May 19 2005 - Germany Lists Tobacco Ingredients

May 19 2005 - Louisiana Reconsiders DWI Sentencing

May 19 2005 - Gov. Blunt Signs Legislation To Tax Managed Care Providers, Draw Additional Federal Medicaid Funds

May 18 2005 - Vets Treatment Bills Introduced

May 18 2005 - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hears Testimony on Growing Number of HIV-Positive People Older Than 50

May 17 2005 - AGs Plan to Sue Over "Safer Smokes" Claims

May 16 2005 - Massachusetts Bill Allowing Needle Sales 'Inferior Alternative' to Needle Exchange, But Should Be Approved, Editorial Says

May 16 2005 - Pregnant OxyContin User Jailed

May 16 2005 - Missouri Attorney General Sues Drug Makers Over Alleged Inflation of Medication Prices

 

The Missouri Institute of Mental Health provides the Policy Information Exchange (PIE) as a service to the mental health community.  The Institute places documents into the PIE database that are examples of sound policy research, have high policy relevance, or have been judged to be of special interest to the mental health community. The Institute does not necessarily agree with the policy positions stated in documents in the PIE database.