Addiction Medicine: The Urgent Need for Trained Physicians

Addiction Medicine: The Urgent Need for Trained Physicians
9/26/17 Congressional Briefing

The American College of Academic Addiction Medicine hosted a Congressional Briefing September 26, 2017 to inform lawmakers and staff about the newly recognized medical field of addiction medicine which will add qualified, credentialed expert physicians to the interdisciplinary workforce addressing America’s unhealthy and deadly substance use problem.

Co-hosts for the Briefing were The Congressional Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus, The Congressional Addiction Treatment and Recovery Caucus, and the Congressional Bipartisan Heroin Task Force.

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