This editorial introduces the new issue of SAj 2015 Volume 26, issue 2, a special issue on “Expanding Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: the Role of Pharmacotherapies. This issue, supported by funding from This issue, sponsored by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) in collaboration with AMERSA, disseminates scholarship regarding the important role that pharmacotherapy plays in treating addiction to opioids.