The language that members of the media use in their reporting plays a significant role in reducing stigma surrounding addiction and overcoming this critical barrier to treatment.
American Society of Addiction Medicine
“Enhanced Attestation”: A Simple Tool Regulators Can Use to Help Enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Online CME Module: Stigma in Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment
This module describes the history of methadone maintenance and the effectiveness and key myths of opioid agonist treatment, explores empathizing with patients taking methadone or buprenorphine, and empowers clinicians to support patients and their significant others.
Joint Public Correctional Policy Statement on the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders for Justice Involved Individuals
A Joint Statement by the American Correctional Association (ACA) and ASAM support the use of evidence-based practices for the treatment of opioid use disorders for individuals within the criminal justice system.
Substance Use, Misuse, and Use Disorders During and Following Pregnancy, with an Emphasis on Opioids
Given the complex needs of pregnant and postpartum women and their children, and the number of systems they encounter during critically important periods in their lives, ASAM provides policy recommendations on substance use, misuse, and SUDs during and following pregnancy.
ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use
ASAM developed the National Practice Guideline to provide information on evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorder, and is the first to address all of the FDA-approved medications available to treat addiction involving opioid use and opioid overdose in a single document