On June 26 CASA Columbia released its five year study, Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice, which reveals that 40 million Americans ages 12 and older have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs, a disease affecting more Americans than heart conditions, diabetes or cancer and another 80 million Americans are risky substance users – using tobacco, alcohol and other drugs in ways that threaten health and safety.
The CASA Columbia report finds that addiction treatment is neglected by the U.S. medical system and exposes the facts that:
Most medical professionals who should be providing treatment are not sufficiently trained to diagnose or treat addiction.
Most of those providing addiction treatment are not medical professionals and are not equipped with the knowledge, skills or credentials necessary to provide the full range of evidence-based services.
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