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Partnership to End Addiction is focused on the effects of substances on youth. If marijuana is legalized for adult nonmedical use, public health measures are essential to protect young people from the effects of commercialization of marijuana.
Partnership to End Addiction supports the decriminalization of marijuana because it appropriately addresses marijuana use as a public health concern, rather than a crime.
Partnership to End Addiction supports reducing barriers to effective substance use disorder treatment, including eliminating the DATA 2000 waiver required to prescribe buprenorphine.
In order to effectively address our nation’s addiction crisis, addiction must be fully integrated within the mainstream health care system.
We have compiled a comprehensive set of effective policies and practices that identifies specific actions for improving the prevention and treatment of risky substance use and addiction in the U.S.
Drug addiction is a medical condition that causes lasting changes in the brain, similar to diabetes and other diseases. It's not a moral failing.
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Marijuana use during middle to late adolescence may be associated with changes in brain development, a new study suggests.
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