American Society of Addiction Medicine

ASAM’s Board of Directors represents the leading physicians in addiction medicine with the medical experience and scientific knowledge necessary to guide the nation during this medical health crisis.

David and Nic Sheff present “A New Paradigm Facing America's Drug Use and Addiction Crises” during the Addiction Medicine Conference Opening Session in Orlando, Florida.

Opening speakers Drs. Nora Volkow,* George Koob, and Bankole Johnson and authors, David and Nic Sheff, address the challenges of addiction and offer insightful solutions.

ASAM praised the House Appropriations Committee for including full funding for two new critical substance use disorder (SUD) workforce programs in its FY 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.

ASAM commended Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representatives Elijah Cummings, and all original co-sponsors for introducing the CARE Act of 2019. Modeled on successful, bipartisan legislation passed in 1990 to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the CARE Act would authorize $100 billion in federal funding over the next decade to states, local governments, and other organizations and institutions to support substance use disorder treatment programs, improve training for addiction treatment professionals in communities across the US, and expand access to treatments that meet national standards and are proven to save lives.