Apr 10, 2023, 15:40 by Molly McGrath

On April 10th, the Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine (NNESAM) sent a letter to members of the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Health and Human Services in support of LD 1159.

Apr 5, 2023, 10:59 by ASAM Weekly Editors

Genetic Loci Underlying Multiple Substance Use Disorders

Mar 29, 2023, 17:25 by Molly McGrath

On March 29th, ASAM provided comments to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). recommending it include actions in the 2024 biennial national drug control strategy that call for the decoupling criminal penalties and personal drug use possession, implemented as part of a carefully designed set of public health and legal reforms that include strategic, social investments to strengthen American communities and improve lives.

Mar 29, 2023, 14:46 by Molly McGrath

On March 27th, the Arkansas Society of Addiction Medicine (ARSAM) sent a letter to members of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce expressing support for removing prior authorization on injectable medications for addiction treatment (MAT) and proposing improvements to strengthen the provisions of HB 1558.

Mar 29, 2023, 09:20 by ASAM Weekly Editors

Human brain effects of DMT assessed via EEG-fMRI

Mar 27, 2023, 18:32 by Molly McGrath

On March 27th, ASAM provided comments to the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the expansion of induction of buprenorphine via telemedicine encounter.

Mar 24, 2023, 11:52 by Molly McGrath

On March 24th, the Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine (KYSAM) sent a letter to members of Senate Committee of Health Services supporting HB 353.

Mar 23, 2023, 15:32 by Molly McGrath

On March 23rd, ASAM signed onto a letter with dozens of organizations, sent to Chairs and Ranking Members of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies of the of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, urging them to increase funding for important addiction prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support programs.

Mar 22, 2023, 09:18 by ASAM Weekly Editors

Fatal Poisonings Among Infants and Young Children in the United States

Mar 21, 2023, 16:12 by Molly McGrath

On March 16th, ASAM signed onto letters to the U.S. House and Senate Chairs and Ranking Members of the Committee on Appropriation's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, urging them to increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).

Mar 17, 2023, 14:31 by Molly McGrath

On March 17th, ASAM sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Environment, Labor, and Pensions' (HELP), in response to its request for information on solutions to the nation's healthcare workforce shortages.

Mar 15, 2023, 13:16 by Molly McGrath

On March 15th, the Tennessee Society of Addiction Medicine (TNSAM) sent a letter to members of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare expressing concern with HB665/SB733.

Mar 15, 2023, 10:11 by ASAM Weekly Editors

Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment

Mar 8, 2023, 12:16 by Molly McGrath

On March 6th, the Oregon Society of Addiction Medicine (ORSAM) sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Health Care in support of HB 2395-A.

Mar 8, 2023, 10:15 by ASAM Weekly Editors

Not all vaping is the same: differential pulmonary effects of vaping cannabidiol versus nicotine

Mar 8, 2023, 09:31 by Maciek Gregorski

The ASAM 54th Annual Conference will showcase best practices and the latest science, research, and innovations from leading experts in the field. Developed for healthcare professionals dedicated to increasing access to and improving the quality of addiction treatment.

Mar 8, 2023, 06:00 by Molly McGrath

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery (NAMA Recovery) today applauded Senators Edward Markey (MA) and Rand Paul (KY) and Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ) and Donald Bacon (NE) for introducing the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (M-OTAA).

Mar 7, 2023, 07:01 by Molly McGrath

On March 6th, ASAM signed onto a letter with other organizations to Congressional Representatives Brad Wenstrup and Lauren Underwood, underscoring support for their legislation to make Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities fully smoke-free.

Mar 6, 2023, 06:00 by Molly McGrath

Mar 2, 2023, 08:59 by Molly McGrath

On February 28th, ASAM signed onto a letter with hundreds of organizations to Senators Debbie Stabenow and John Boozeman, Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Representatives Glenn Thompson and David Scott, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, asking them to remove a lifetime ban that prevents individuals convicted of a drug felony from receiving Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF) as part of the next Farm Bill.