The Surgeon General's Facing Addiction Report: An Historic Document for Healthcare

Authors

S. Levy, Boston Children's Hospital
J. P. Seale, Mercer University
Victoria A. Osborne, Sacred Heart University
K. L. Kraemer, University of Pittsburgh
D. P. Alford, Boston University School of Medicine
J. Baxter, University of Massachusetts Medical School
D. S. Finnell, Johns Hopkins University
H. Kunins, NYC Department of Health
A. Y. Walley, Boston University School of Medicine
D. C. Lewis, Brown University
D. MacLane-Baeder, Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
A. J. Gordon, University of Pittsburgh

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

4-2017

Abstract

The publication of Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health presents an historic moment not only for the field of addiction medicine, but also for the United States as a nation. The Board of Directors of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), on behalf of our organization, would like to express our appreciation of the efforts of Dr. Vivek Murthy and the Surgeon General's Office to publish the first surgeon general's report covering substance misuse and substance use disorders.

Comments

This is a Free Access editorial

DOI

10.1080/08897077.2017.1309935

Recommended Citation

Levy, S., Seale, J.P., Osborne, V.A., Kraemer, K.L., Alford, D.P., Baxter, J. ...Gordon, A.J. (2017). The Surgeon General's facing addiction report: An historic document for healthcare. Substance Abuse, 38(2), 122. doi:10.1080/08897077.2017.1309935