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Policy Statement Listing

The National Safety Council has stood up for safety since 1913. We continue to advocate for safety with more than one hundred current policy statements.
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#172: Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery

Supports the use of evidence-based treatment for substance and opioid use disorders; calls for policymakers to increase treatment access. Replaces policy #118.

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#171: Naloxone

Supports modifying laws to increase access to and administration of naloxone to reverse opioid overdose. Replaces policy #116.

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#170: Prevention, Education and Public Awareness

Supports expanding interventions and practices to prevent the misuse of drugs and substance use disorders. Replaces policy #122.

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#168: Safe Firearms

Recommends a number of actions for policymakers, interest groups, employers and individuals to take to help prevent fatal and non-fatal firearm incidents. Supersedes Safe Firearms Policy #139.

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#162: Medicaid Support for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Supports states adopting Medicaid expansion and opposes cuts to the Medicaid program.

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#156: Appropriate Labeling of Cannabis- and Marijuana-derived Products

Supports explicit, clear, detailed labeling for all cannabis-derived products that contain THC, CBD and products marketed as "synthetic marijuana" to prevent misuse.

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#155: Zero Tolerance Recreational Cannabis User Under Age 21

Supports a zero tolerance of recreational cannabis use by individuals under the age of 21.

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#154: Specialized Court Programs

Supports the use of specialized courts to divert non-violent and low-level offenders from the criminal court system.

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#126: Requiring Prescriber Education as Part of the DEA CSA Registration

Recommends the DEA require continuing medical education for prescribers who register with them under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.

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#124: Rx Funding: Federal Government Action to Address Prescription Drug Overdose

Supports reasonable actions by the federal government to address the growing rate of prescription drug overdoses throughout the country.

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