The mission of Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, is to promote excellence in the practice of addiction medicine and in clinical research as well as to support Addiction Medicine as a mainstream medical sub-specialty.Under the guidance of an esteemed Editorial Board, peer-reviewed articles published in the Journal focus on developments in addiction medicine as well as on treatment innovations and ethical, economic, forensic, and social topics including:addiction and substance use in pregnancyadolescent addiction and at-risk usethe drug-exposed neonatepharmacologyall psychoactive substances relevant to addiction, including alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, marijuana, opioids, stimulants and other prescription and illicit substancesdiagnosisneuroimaging techniquestreatment of special populationstreatment, early intervention and prevention of alcohol and drug use disordersmethodological issues in addiction researchpain and addiction, prescription drug use disorderco-occurring addiction, medical and psychiatric disorderspathological gambling disorder, sexual and other behavioral addictionspathophysiology of addictionbehavioral and pharmacological treatmentsissues in graduate medical educationrecoveryhealth services deliveryethical, legal and liability issues in addiction medicine practicedrug testingself- and mutual-help.