ISAM



	Serve as a medium for physicians and medical students who are interested in the diseases of alcoholism and drug addiction, and in other problems associated with alcohol and drug use.
	Serve to extend and disseminate knowledge and research in these fields.
	Desire to encourage high quality of care for people suffering from these problems.
	Seek to enlighten and inform medical and public opinion with regard to these issues.
	Seek to develop strategies to prevent these problems.
	Foster research based treatment strategies.