The AAP provides guidance for pediatricians, state and federal government and other stakeholders to reduce harm from substance use.

Policy Statement: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine

Clinical Report: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine

Technical Report: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine

Policy Statement: Improving Substance Use Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment Financing to Enhance Equity and Improve Outcomes Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

Policy Statement: Recommended Terminology for Substance Use Disorders in the Care of Children, Adolescents, Young Adults, and Families

Clinical Report: Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome 

Policy Statement: Alcohol Use by Youth 

Technical Report: Alcohol Use by Youth 

Clinical Report: Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Implications for Neonatal and Childhood Outcomes

Clinical Report: The Role of Integrated Care in a Medical Home for Patients With a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Clinical Report: Counseling Parents and Teens About Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalization of Marijuana

Policy Statement: A Public Health Response to Opioid Use in Pregnancy

Policy Statement: Medication-Assisted Treatment of Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder

Clinical Report: Families Affected By Parental Substance Use

Policy Statement: Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

Clinical Report: Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

Clinical Report: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Clinical Report: Binge Drinking

​Policy Statement: Adolescent Drug Testing Policies in Schools

Technical Report: Adolescent Drug Testing Policies in Schools

Policy Statement: The Impact of Marijuana Policies on Youth: Clinical, Research, and Legal Update

Technical Report: The Impact of Marijuana Policies on Youth: Clinical, Research, and Legal Update

Clinical Report: Testing for Drugs of Abuse in Children and Adolescents

Policies from the Section Nicotine and Tobacco Prevention and Treatment

Last Updated

08/08/2023

Source

American Academy of Pediatrics