NWIAS Mission Statement

Our mission is to encourage high standards of competence in the treatment of alcohol and other drug dependencies by sponsoring educational programs to improve the skills and knowledge of practitioners in the field.

The NWIAS holds an annual Summer Institute in the Portland Metro area. This conference has been in existence since 1974 and started in Southern Oregon, originally known as the Southern Oregon Institute of Alcohol Studies.

We are committed to offering the highest quality addictions treatment training, with the goal of continually advancing professionalism and best practices of our field.

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The NWIAS gratefully acknowledges
the contributions of the following:

Addictions Counselors Certification Board of Oregon
DePaul Treatment Centers
Hazelden-Springbrook Treatment Services
Lewis & Clark College Addiction Studies Program
Multnomah County Department of Community Justice
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Native American Rehabilitation Association
Northwest Frontier Addition Technology Transfer Center
Oregon Mental Health and Addictions Services
Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association
Oregon State Department of Corrections
NAADAC