title: Left, right, and meeting in the middle: Addressing addiction is something we can agree about.
abstract: The United States faces an addiction health crisis. Presidential election cycles in the United States are cause for creation of political party platforms. These platforms provide general stances and specific policies on a variety of issues. We undertook a review of the addiction policies of the 2016 Republican and Democratic platforms. Despite differences in focus, we found more similarities than differences between the two. We call upon those in political power to use every evidence-based policy at their disposal to promote addiction treatment and prevention.
authors.affiliation: a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Arthi K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.affiliation: b Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.|c Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.affiliation: d VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Interdisciplinary Addiction Program for Education and Research (VIPER), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Shaddy K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.affiliation: b Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.|c Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conley
authors.affiliation: a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.|b Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.|c Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.|d VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Interdisciplinary Addiction Program for Education and Research (VIPER), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States
keywords: Addiction crisis; Democratic; Republican; United States Election 2016; addiction policy; policy review