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Robert L. DuPont, M.D. (born March 25, 1936 in Toledo, Ohio) is a national leader in marijuana policy, drug policy and treatment. He was the first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 1973 to 1978 and was the second White House Drug Czar from 1973 to 1977 under former Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1978 Dr. DuPont became the founding President of the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc.〔Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. www.ibhinc.org〕 In 1982 he and Peter B. Bensinger founded Bensinger, DuPont & Associates,〔Bensinger, DuPont & Associates www.bensingerdupont.com〕 a national consulting firm. Dr. DuPont is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine〔American Society of Addiction Medicine. ASAM Fellows. Accessed November 6, 2009 http://www.asam.org/FellowList.html〕 and a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He was the founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) and currently maintains a psychiatric practice in Maryland specializing in addiction and anxiety disorders.〔DuPont Clinical Research http://www.dupontclinicalresearch.com/〕 In 1958 Dr. DuPont earned his BA from Emory University and in 1963 earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He completed training at Harvard and the National Institutes of Health. He worked for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections and in 1970 for the DC Narcotics Treatment Administration.〔PBS Frontline: Drug Wars. Interview with Dr. Robert DuPont 2000. Accessed November 6, 2009 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/dupont.html〕 Since 1980 he has been a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Published books from Hazelden 〔Hazelden published works by Robert L. DuPont http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/hazAuthor.jsp?author_id=156&item=8064〕 include ''The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction'',〔ISBN 1-56838-363-0〕 ''Drug Testing in Treatment Settings'',〔ISBN 978-1-59285-179-9〕 ''Drug Testing in Schools'',〔ISBN 1-59285-180-0〕 and ''Drug Testing in Correctional Settings''.〔ISBN 1-59285-181-9〕 He claims that marijuana is "the most dangerous drug",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wfad.se/blogs/robert-dupont/1017-why-marijuana-is-the-most-dangerous-drug )〕 a claim that is at odds with current scientific consensus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_1-11-2010-15-43-18 )〕 He served as a paid consultant for Straight, Incorporated, a "controversial non-profit drug rehabilitation program" for youth that was the subject of numerous allegations of abuse and which was successfully sued for false imprisonment and maltreatment. == Sources == * Biography of Robert L. DuPont, MD, Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. http://ibhinc.org/biorld.html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert DuPont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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