Innovative Policy to Transform Addiction

Model state policy framework and report-card resources focused on preventing online gambling addiction harms.

CASPR Launched March 2026 →

Negotiating First-Line Access to Non-Addictive Painkillers for All Americans

A short-term path to reduce opioid prescriptions by up to 50% and reduce the financial and social burden of addiction at all levels of government.

Nicholas Reville February 2026 →

CASPR Policy Brief 002

Proposing an NIH High-Leverage Trials (HILT) Program

A new NIH program to fund large-scale trials for repurposing off-patent medications and studying dietary supplements.

Nicholas Reville February 2026 →

CASPR & IFP Policy Paper 001

An Innovation Agenda for Addiction

Seven federal policy proposals to revive pharmaceutical innovation in addiction medicine development.

Nicholas Reville & Will Chertman, MD December 2024 →

POLICY DEVELOPMENT

CASPR develops innovative policy proposals and works with state and federal lawmakers to advance them. Recent highlights include an event with the Congressional Addiction Caucus on GLP-1s for addiction and a state legislative briefing on preventing online gambling addiction.

SHIFTING THE DEBATE

Our publication, Recursive Adaptation, has grown to over 6,000 subscribers, one of the largest, if not the largest, in the field. Readership includes thousands of researchers, policy experts, and addiction service providers.

Our co-founder Nicholas Reville appeared on Chris Hayes' MSNBC podcast, spoke at the CATO Institute, and has been interviewed by STAT, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Nature, and others. Our goal is to steer the field towards more strategic investment and research focus, and to push for more ambitious approaches towards population level reductions in addictive disorders.