Topic-Specific Resources in Addiction Policy
Resources to empower clinicians and other stakeholders to advocate for an improved addiction treatment system

Trending Policy Topics
Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Good Samaritan Laws
Involuntary Civil Commitment
ASAM Public Policy Statement on Medical Ethics in Addiction Medicine (see principle of medical ethics 1.3)
Medicaid Work Requirements
Opioid Settlement Dollars
Parity
Prevention
Telehealth
Emerging Substance and Population-Specific Issues
Alcohol
ASAM’s Public Policy Statement on Prevention
ASAM recommends that the government increase federal alcohol excise taxes to reduce harmful alcohol use, increase federal revenues, and save lives. State and local governments should increase or maintain alcohol taxes, reduce alcohol retail outlet density and days of hours of sale, and enforce commercial host liability policies, the Minimum Legal Drinking Age, and laws to suspend drivers’ licenses for underage alcohol violations.
Cannabis
ASAM recommends that states enact policies that reduce youth access and exposure to cannabis products, implement science-based campaigns to provide public education on risks for youth, and in states where cannabis products are legal, states should enforce measures that prevent diversion of such products to minors.
Kratom
Psychedelics
Stimulants
Tobacco
ASAM recommends that the government increase federal tobacco excise taxes to reduce harmful tobacco use, increase federal revenues, and save lives; state and local governments can also maintain or increase tobacco taxes.
Treatment in Correctional Settings
Pregnant and Postpartum People