• ASAM’s Public Policy Statement on Prevention 

• Policy Resources to Prevent Substance Use-Related Problems 

• ASAM & AMA Issue Brief: Naloxone Access 

Kratom

• Kratom: Summary of State Laws

• ASAM’s Public Policy Statement on Cannabis     

• ASAM’s State Cannabis Public Health Policy Guide 

• FDA Regulation of Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Products 

• ASAM’s Public Policy Statement on Prevention 

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.  

Tobacco

• Educational Policy Round: Federal and State Nicotine/Tobacco Policy 

• A Report of the Surgeon General: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities 

• ASAM’s Public Policy Statement on Prevention 

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.  

• 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.  

Treatment in Correctional Settings

Pregnant and Postpartum People

• ASAM’s Public Policy Statement on Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder Among Pregnant and Postpartum People