Post by American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM

“ASAM appreciates the National Drug Control Strategy’s laudable goal of increasing access to evidence-based treatment for people with substance use disorders. The strategy rightly reinforces addiction as a chronic disease for which evidence-based treatments exist, including medication and psychosocial treatments that save lives and support recovery. Achieving these bold demand-side goals, however, will require equally bold investments in the nation’s addiction treatment infrastructure and meaningful policy changes at the federal level." Read the full statement from ASAM President Dr. Stephen Taylor >> https://ow.ly/aauU50YVBix