Mission, Purposes and Goals
The Mission of the Society is to provide a medium for physicians and medical trainees with special
interests in addiction medicine to meet and address issues of mutual interest.
The Purposes of the Society are:
- To enable networking with colleagues in addiction medicine
- To provide a closer liaison between members and the national activities of ASAM
- To be a liaison to other physicians and professional societies regarding addiction medicine issues
- To increase public awareness about the existence and vitality of the addiction medicine specialty
- To increase public awareness about problems related to addiction
- To promote professionalism in the delivery of services to patients with problems which result from addiction
- To be a resource for state and national initiative that affect addition medicine services and patients with addiction
The Goals of the Society are to provide:
- A forum for sharing of ideas between addiction specialists, especially regarding clinical management strategies
- A vehicle for increased professionalism and higher quality information, prevention, training and treatment regarding addiction problems
- An enhancement of knowledge and attitudes among citizens and institutions about he primary nature of the disease of addiction
- A channel for state input into national standards of care in addiction medicine; and
- A channel for input into state policy and reform initiatives