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Winter 2008
- Revisiting the Legalization/Decriminalization Debate
- SBIRT: Understanding Its Significance to Addiction Medicine
- Clinical Institute Narcotic Acssessment (CINA)
- Don Wesson Tribute
- Public Protection and Physician Health Programs
- 2007 State of the Art in Los Angeles
Fall 2007
- Forum: Medical Board Addiction Program Eliminated
- What is UPPL and Why Does It Matter to Insurance Parity for Substance Abuse
- Don Kurth: From Addict to Physician -- A Determined Life
- CSAM Bluebrint for Treating Drug and Alcohol Addiction in California
Spring 2007 Issue
- Addiction Treatment Belongs in the Community
- CSAM Introduces Emergency Room Screening Bill
- FORUM: Medication-Assisted Therapy and Socriety
- Statement of Principles on Evidence-Based Medicine
- Blueprint for Drug Addiction Treatment in California
- Utilization Review 101: A Practical Guideline to Obtaining Benefit Authorization
Fall 2006 Issue
- Perspectives on Hythiam’s Prometa Treatment for Addiction
- Insufficient Scientific Evidence for Prometa
- CSAM Opposes Prop 36 Changes - Lawsuit Filed
- Advisory on Deaths from Fentanyl
- CSAM Releases Recommendations to California to Address the Methamphetamine Epidemic
Spring 2005 Issue
- Proposition 36 Revisited
- Update on the Medical Board's Diversion Program
- Review and Interview with the author of "Descent"
Winter 2004 Issue
- GHB Update: Use, Abuse and Treatment of Withdrawal
- The Narconon Story
- Addiction Medicine Review Course in San Diego
- CSAM Opposes Merger of California Agencies
Spring 2004 (Vol. 30 No. 1)
- Little Known Insurance Law Thwarts Screening in Emergency Rooms
- CSAM Leaders meet with Governors Representatives
- Substance Abuse Training in Medical Schools
- Legislative Day 2 A Success
- Deaths Not Linked to Methadone
- Death and Drugs in Oklahoma
- New Research on Buprenorphine
- Addiction as a Brain Disease
Winter 2004 (Vol. 29, No. 2)
- Addiction Medicine in China
- CSAM A Strong Voice in State Capitol
- UCLA Report on Proposition 36
- Bioethics and Addiction Medicine
- Book Review: Hooked
- New Pain Guidelines
Summer 2003 (Vol. 29, No. 1)
- Little Hoover Commission Takes a Stand for Addiction Treatment
- CSAM Defends Methadone Maintenance
- Physicians Begin Using Buprenorphine in Office Practice
- CSAM Positions on Pending Legislation
Winter 2003 (Vol. 28 No. 3)
- FDA Approves Burenorphine
- New Parity Bill Introduced
- Public Policy Committee Breaks New Ground
- Driving With Benzodiazepines: Is it Safe?
- Addiction Medicine in Germany
- Book Review: Pain Management
Summer 2002 (Vol. 28 No. 2)
- Addressing Policy Barriers to Drug Abuse Treatment in California
- Naltrexone and the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence
- Naltrexone and Opiate Addiction
- Anesthesia Assisted Rapid Opiate Detoxification
- FDA Turns Down Acamprosate
- David Smith and the Olympics
Spring 2002 (Vol. 28, No. 1)
- California Drug Courts Denying Methadone
- CSAM Thriving Due to Intense Volunteer Efforts
- Legislation Introduced to End Artificial Methadone/LAAM Dose Limits
- Take Home Meds for Opiate Addicts
- CSAM 2001 Awards
Fall 2001 (Vol. 27, No. 4)
- Parity for Addiction Treatment is Good Care and Good Business Practice
- New Era Begins Under proposition 36
- A Neurophysiological Theory for Alcohol-Induced Amnesia (Blackouts)
- Forensic Business Consultation Regarding Corporations and Businesses
Spring 2001 (Vol. 27, No. 3)
- Proposition 36 in the Real World
- CSAM Working Paper on Proposition 36 Implementation
- CSAM Leading Effort on New Parity Bill
- Private Sector Funding For Treatment Declines
- Shoveling Up: Impact of Substance Abuse on State Budgets
- Buprenorphine Update
- Supreme Court Affirms Right to Confidential Medical Care
- Research Notes: Naltrexone Efficacy; Risks Benefits of Benzodiazepines for Ancxiety Disorder in Patients with History of Substance Abuse; Insomnia and Relapse to Alsoholism
- More...
Fall 2000 (Vol. 27, No. 2)
- Why CSAM Backed Prop. 36
- Treat Opiate Dependence in the Office
- Psychotherapy and the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence (Donald R. Wesson, MD)
- Tobacco Free Treatment in the New Millennium (Cathy McDonald, MD)
- New Forensics Column: Violence and Stimulant Abuse (Douglas Tucker, MD)
- Primary Care Physicians Failing to Recognize Substance Abuse
- David Smith on Jess W. Bromley, MD
- CSAM Honors Gail Jara
- Checklist on Who Should be Referred for Evaluation (Norman Reynolds, MD
- Physician Impairment Workshops
- Is Disability Insurance Going the Way of Managed Care (Gary Nye, MD)
- SB 1807 Passes
- Web Site of Interest
- CME Listings
Spring 2000 (Vol. 27, No. 1)
- New CSAM Website: www.csam-asam.org
- California Legislation: Parity for Substance Abuse Treatment (Gary Jaeger, MD)
- Addiction Education: A Call to Arms (David Pating, MD)
- Paradigm Shifts in Substance Abuse Treatment (Peter Banys, MD)
- My Wish List for Addiction Treatment in California (John McCarthy, MD)
- CSAM and the Diversion Program for Physicians (William Brostoff, MD)
- Report from May 11 Meeting of the Medical Board's Task Force on the Diversion Program (Peter Banys, MD)
- Buprenorphine Status Report
- Diversion Liaison Committee Commends Gail Jara
- CSAM Supports Two Court Cases
- CSAM Review Course 2000
- CME Listings
- News About Members
- Brief Reviews
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