American Society Of Addiction Medicine Unveils National Public Policy Statement On Addiction Disorder Prevention

The American Society of Addiction Medicine recently unveiled its national public policy statement on addiction disorder prevention. The addiction medicine leaders’ statement consists of recommended evidence-based approaches to preventing addiction disorder, each of which was approved by the American College of Preventive Medicine.

Some of ASAM’s key recommendations—which are mainly designed to assist public health stakeholders—include the following:

Policymakers should appropriately fund prevention science research to better understand the programs and policies that effectively prevent substance use initiation and the development of unhealthy use or addiction disorder.
Health care provider organizations should be offered and participate . . .