Our Society offers a resource of scientific and medical information about Addiction, for professionals and the general public. Bulletin articles with news and views, Definitions, Policy Statements, and networking are available to improve the understanding, assessment, treatment, prevention and research related to Addiction Medicine in Canada and around the world.

Our annual meeting and courses serve to provide continuing medical education for physicians and other health care providers. We welcome comments and dialogue from providers and consumers.

We provide Certification in Addiction Medicine for physicians. Currently, there are 43 CCSAM - Certificants of the Canadian Society of Medicine in Canada.

 CSAM Vision

The Society, which was formed in 1989, is a national organization of medical professionals and other scientists interested in the field of substance use disorders. The Society shares its overall goals with many other organizations and groups in Canada; namely, the prevention of problems arising from the use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances, and the cure; improvement or stabilization of the adverse consequences associated with the use of these drugs. This Society aims to achieve these goals through the fostering and promotion of medical sciences and clinical practice in this field in Canada, particularly by:

1. fostering and promotion of the roles of physicians in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug related problems;
2. improvement in the quality of medical practice in the drug and alcohol field through:

• establishment and promotion of standards of clinical practice;
• fostering and promotion of research; and
• fostering and promotion of medical education;

3. promotion of professional and public awareness of the roles that physicians can play in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug related problems;
4. fostering and promotion of further development of programs for the prevention and treatment of problems of alcohol and drug use in physicians; and
5. contributing to professional and public examination and discussion of important issues in the drug and alcohol field.