NASCSA Conference 2026

It takes place at Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland, Maine.

The organizer identifies state and federal government officials, state and industry leaders, and industry experts as participants.

It is most useful for state controlled substances officials and industry compliance staff, since the program is built around one regulatory subject and seats state and federal officials alongside industry experts in general sessions, breakouts and roundtables. Professionals whose work touches health policy only in passing, or who want a big exhibit-driven show, will get less from this 42nd annual meeting in Portland, Maine.

Regulatory and government conferences like this usually call for business casual, with a blazer for sessions, and a light jacket for late October in coastal Maine.

The organizer calls it the 42nd annual conference and describes it as focused on controlled substances issues, but the supplied information does not give an attendance count.