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Addiction and substance use affect individuals, families, and communities. The National Academies study prevention, treatment, and policy approaches to reduce harm and improve recovery outcomes. 

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To Protect Public Health, Federal Government Should Provide Guidance to States that Have Legalized Marijuana, Close Hemp Regulatory Loopholes, Create Public Health Campaign

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The federal government should pursue measures to reduce the harms of rising cannabis use and protect public health, including a public health campaign aimed at vulnerable populations and policy guidance for states that have legalized cannabis.

Sep 26, 2024
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Assessment of Department of Veterans Affairs Physical and Mental Health Examinations and the Department's Schedule of Rating Disabilities for Disability Compensation Claims Related to Military Sexual Trauma

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death in Custody Investigations

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Supporting the Whole Student: Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Committee on Integrating New Behavioral Health Measures into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Data Collection Programs

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Examination of the Integration of Opioid and Infectious Disease Prevention Efforts in Select Programs

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Development of a Protocol to Evaluate the Concomitant Prescribing of Opioid and Benzodiazepine Medications and Veterans Deaths and Suicides

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Review of Specific Programs in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids for acute pain

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

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Center for Health, People, and Places (CHPP)

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Health Care and Public Health Program Area

Oversight Unit

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Biomedical and Health Sciences Program Area

Oversight Unit

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Committee on Science, Technology, and Law

Standing Committee

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Committee on Population

Standing Committee

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Action Collaborative on Combatting Substance Use and Opioid Crises

Action Collaborative

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Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders

Roundtable/Forum

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Forum on Global Violence Prevention

Roundtable/Forum

Completed

National Cancer Policy Forum

Roundtable/Forum

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