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Robert L. DuPont (born March 25, 1936, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American psychiatrist, known for his advocacy in the field of substance abuse.He is president of the Institute for Behavior and Health, whose mission is "to reduce the use of illegal drugs". [1]
Wade Kapszukiewicz (/ ˌ k æ p s ə ˈ k ɛ v ɪ tʃ / KAP-sə-KEV-itch; [1] born October 30, 1972) is an American politician currently serving as the 64th mayor of Toledo, Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party , he was previously the treasurer of Lucas County, Ohio .
Chemistry, not moral failing, accounts for the brain’s unwinding. In the laboratories that study drug addiction, researchers have found that the brain becomes conditioned by the repeated dopamine rush caused by heroin. “The brain is not designed to handle it,” said Dr. Ruben Baler, a scientist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Resources include a comprehensive listing of terms and definitions, resources for parents and youths with a significant emphasis on prevention, as well as a governmental listing of drug and alcohol addiction services, news links, and additional links to The Drug Situation Report (RCMP, 2007), and the 2007 World Drug Report (United Nations ...
In Ohio, a group called the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol brought the initiative to the Ohio Secretary of State to be a 2022 ballot initiative. It was approved on August 30, 2021, for signature gathering. [5] [6] Over 200,000 signatures were submitted to the state at the end of 2021. [7] [8]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; pronounced / ˈ s æ m s ə /) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and the cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
The Institute of Medicine reviewed a large number of studies on the minimum legal drinking age, including peer-reviewed academic reviews, [17] [18] [19] and largely viewed the policy as a success [20] —so much so that they argued for similar restrictions on tobacco. For example, they quote a study by Kypri and colleagues stating that "No ...
Save Our Society From Drugs (S.O.S.) is the lobbying arm [54] of DFAF [55] and a 501(c)(4) organization founded in 1998 by Betty Sembler. [56] Between 2015 and 2019, S.O.S. hired the firm Jackson Lewis PC to lobby the federal government on issues of alcohol and drug abuse, law enforcement, crime, and criminal justice. [57]