[…]prevention, recognition and treatment approaches that acknowledge addiction as a youth-onset condition. We are committed to: The CSAM Youth and Prevention Committee is unwavering in its dedication to improving the prevention and recovery landscape, ensuring a brighter and more resilient future for our youth and society. Committee on Youth and Prevention Roster Committee on Membership & Communications The Committee on Membership & Communications is responsible for recruitment of new members into CSAM and promoting active participation among the membership. In addition, the Committee is responsible for all of CSAM’s regular publications such as the newsletter, email broadcasts, and the CSAM […]
[…]either CSAM public policy or the policy of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Presentation by Peter Banys, MD and Timmen Cermak, MD at the Addiction Medicine State of the Art 2011 Conference in Long Beach on October 14, 2011. This presentation is not CSAM public policy or the policy of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Over 100 CSAM members registered their opinion in an online survey and many offered valuable comments about the Youth First Report submitted to the membership for a vote by CSAM’s Executive Council, which unanimously accepted the report at its meeting on October 14, […]
[…]shared members. Last Winter, MERF and the CSAM Membership Committee teamed up to submit a proof-of-concept paper to the California Health Care Foundation seeking funding to develop training for clinicians from race/ethnic groups underrepresented in medicine. Our request was not funded. Last Spring, MERF and the CSAM Membership Committee teamed up to submit an application for a MAT Access Points grant to the Sierra Foundation (CA DPH SOR-3 funds) designed to promote addiction prevention and treatment for opioids and stimulants to communities of color in California. We offered to develop an 11-month training spanning 2023-24 for 16 California clinicians who either a) identified as […]
[…]and contractor to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to develop the ASAM certification exam. In 1987, she left CMA to devote her full time to CSAM. Retired since 2000, she has continued working with CSAM as a consultant on policy and projects related to physician health and well-being and on opioid addiction treatment. Garrett O’Connor, MD Receives Award Recognizing Lifetime Of Achievement Garrett O’Connor, MD, received an award on the opening evening of the California Society of Addiction Medicine’s (CSAM’s) State of the Art Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California, to honor the profound contributions […]
[…]visit the CSAM Education center to watch the new MAT webinars: Real Cases of Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment: What to do and how to do it? featuring CSAM members, Soraya Azari, MD, Kenneth Saffier, MD, FASAM and Scott Steiger, MD, FACP, FASAM. Transdermal Buprenorphine for Induction of Patients with Co-Morbid Pain featuring CSAM members, Soraya Azari, MD and Tauheed Zaman, MD. These webinars are FREE for CSAM members. These are two 2019 webinars on Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in primary care settings created by the California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) with the support of a grant from the California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS). We hope you enjoy the […]
[…]article about these bills that appeared on 9/18/2019 in the Orange County Register CSAM’s co-sponsored bill, AB-920 (Petrie-Norris), is on the Governor’s desk to sign. This bill would require outpatient centers, which are now unsupervised by the state, to be licensed, regulated, and to adopt treatment criteria set by ASAM as the minimum standard of care. Also on the Governor’s desk: AB-919 (Petrie-Norris) – would crack down on financial conflicts-of-interest among rehab operators SB-589 (Bates) – would prohibit rehabs and sober homes from making false or misleading advertising statements AB-290 (Wood) – would remove the financial incentive for treatment providers to lure people to California by promising […]
[…]the most effective known treatment for heroin dependence – yielding better results than drug-free outpatient treatment, therapeutic communities, and chemical dependency treatment. The benefits of methadone treatment are established by hundreds of scientific studies. Those studies make clear that methadone treatment is not only the gold standard intervention for heroin dependence, it is also effective at preventing HIV/AIDS, reducing criminal behavior, promoting health, and improving social productivity. What is more, there are almost no negative health consequences of long-term methadone treatment, even when it continues over an extended period of time. For these reasons, methadone treatment, including methadone maintenance, is […]
[…]annual budget process. I encourage the author and stakeholders to engage with DHCS’s recently-formed Behavioral Health Stakeholder Advisory Committee to address concerns regarding youth substance use disorder treatment services. Sincerely, Gavin Newsom” AB-920 (Petrie-Norris) was also vetoed: “To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 920 without my signature. This bill would eliminate an existing voluntary outpatient certification program. Beginning January 1, 2021, it would attempt to require an outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) recovery or treatment services facility which is not licensed under existing law, to obtain licensure from the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to provide […]
[…]plant, the class of chemicals similar in structure came to be known as cannabinoids – delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol gave rise to the word “cannabinoids.” The THC in marijuana alters the brain’s activity; and experience of this altered brain functioning is what people call being “high.” But scientists were still curious and they wanted to know more about how THC is able to interact with the brain and what parts of the brain are altered. First, researchers labeled cannabinoid molecules with a marker that enabled them to visualize where THC goes in the brain. They found that, at first, THC spreads evenly throughout […]
