Read the NAATP Director's and NAATP Board Chair's comments on how the press has missed the mark in some recent addiction coverage. ADAW Editor Alison Knopf includes commentary from NAATP, SAMHSA, and Caron in her article describing the missing piece of "hope" in recent coverage. 

Read the NAATP Director's and NAATP Board Chair's comments on how the press has missed the mark in some recent addiction coverage. ADAW Editor Alison Knopf includes commentary from NAATP, SAMHSA, and Caron in her article describing the missing piece of "hope" in recent coverage. 

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Gosnold on Cape Cod CEO and President Ray Tamasi has received the National Council on Behavioral Health’s Visionary Leadership Award.

This evening the US Senate completed a procedural move which guarantees that the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) will be voted on, probably later this week.   

The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, working alongside our sister organizations, assisted in obtaining the votes necessary to get CARA out of the Senate Committee and to elim

The Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act (CARA) is up for vote in the US Senate today. CARA is the most expansive federal, bipartisan legislation to date for recovery support services, designating up to $80 million toward advancing treatment and recovery support services in state and local communities across the country.

Following ten months of aggressive restructuring since installing our new staff in May of 2015, our National Association emerged from an intensive two-day Winter Board Meeting last night with major progress and initiatives including:

Read the "Behavioral Healthcare" article with NAATP comments on parity from our Director and Board Member Scott Munson of Sundown M.

Cumberland Heights drug and alcohol rehabilitation center will spend much of 2016 celebrating its 50th Anniversary and highlighting success stories from thousands of Nashvillians who have received treatment.

NAATP and its members' support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) is paying off as the bill moves forward in the Senate. The bill sponsors sought NAATP assistance and our members responded.

Free opioid prescribing CME course being held on February 26, 2016, in Fairfax, VA.

The White House announcement on its new efforts to address Rx drug abuse reminded us all about the extensive toll this crisis has taken on this country. For example, more Americans now die from drug overdoses (the majority from Rx drugs) than from motor vehicle accidents.

NAATP Staff are in Fort Lauderdale this week prepping for the 2016 National Leadership Conference in May. The conference program is set and registration will open in a few days!

NAATP 2016 Leadership Conference

We ARE making progress! It is not a small matter that the President cited our nation's growing prescription drug and heroin epidemic as a national priority in the State of the Union Address last night.

Leadership requires vision, honest assessment, and energy. Read NAATP's Hopes for 2016 in this week's edition of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly (page 8, bottom of first column). 

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) planned to act to combat opioid addiction by releasing guidelines this month calling for more cautious opioid prescribing. CDC's plan is being stalled by the opioid lobby.

Dear NAATP Members and Colleagues,

I am pleased to share a special year-end letter from NAATP with you. As 2015 draws to a  close, please take a few minutes to open and read the letter from the NAATP Staff and  Board of Directors. 

Congress readies for recess while CARA is pending and conflated with gun rights.

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Since the founding of NAATP in 1978 by a handful of pioneering treatment centers, NAATP has worked to provide the addiction service industry, and our industry leadership in particular, with a forum in which to come together, share best practices, and evolve in order to provide the best possible service to those who suffer from addiction.