Collected Resources

The Alcohol Awareness Toolkit seeks to do the following:

• Raise awareness about alcohol-related harms and the importance of strong alcohol policies using memes, and
• Encourage engagement from prevention and public health stakeholders to strategically educate and inform decision makers about effective alcohol policies by providing easy-to-personalize, templated opinion editorials, letters to legislators and proclamations.

Author: Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC)

Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC)

Alcohol has a significant impact on health and safety in Massachusetts. Yet debates about alcohol policy in the Commonwealth often center on economic effects and the role of alcohol as a business and a generator of revenue. The purpose of this report is to add to those debates the best available evidence on alcohol from a health and safety perspective. Beginning with a review of what we know about drinking patterns in the Bay State, the report then reviews evidence of harms, and both the revenues and the costs generated by alcohol use in the state. The report concludes with a review of alcohol policies in Massachusetts, putting them in the context of research indicating which policies are most effective in reducing alcohol-related harm, and how other states treat alcohol from a policy perspective.

Author: David H. Jernigan Ph.D., Xixi Zhou B.I.D.

Publisher: Boston University School of Public Health

A summary of the latest clinically relevant research on alcohol, illicit drugs, and health. A project of Boston Medical Center, with BU Schools of Medicine and Public Health.

AlliesinRecovery.net puts together the best of what science and psychology offer when a family struggles with the drug or alcohol problems of a loved one. The CRAFT method helps families to unblock the situation and engage a loved one into treatment.

AIR’s Health and Social Development program works with a range of youth-serving agencies to improve policies, services, and care for LGBTQ youth. Through research and evaluation, we work to improve available services and health and mental health outcomes.

ASAM is a professional society representing physicians and associated professionals dedicated to increasing access and improving the quality of addiction treatment through education, research and prevention. Education opportunities include e-Learning and live courses.

The Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine (MASAM) is the Massachusetts chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. MASAM is a 501 (c) 3 organization representing close to 200 addiction medicine professionals in different categories.

As the leader in developing clinical guidelines and standards in addiction medicine, the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) takes our responsibility very seriously.  We convened the ASAM Caring for Patients During the COVID-19 (CPDC) Task Force to rapidly develop guidance tailored to addiction medicine treatment within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine 8-hour CME Program empowers primary care and other providers to diagnose and treat patients at risk for or with addiction.

This Opioid Addiction Treatment guide is designed to help individuals and their families and friends understand what to expect from opioid treatment. It is available to look at online, or to order in print format.