Robert L. DuPont, M.D. is a national leader in drug abuse prevention

Substance Abuse Prevention

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, policy and treatment. He was the first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse

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 (NIDA) from 1973 to 1978 and was the second White House

White House

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 Drug Czar

Drug Czar

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 from 1973 to 1977 under former Presidents

President of the United States

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 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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 and Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

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. In 1978 Dr. DuPont became the founding President of the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. In 1982 he and Peter B. Bensinger

Peter B. Bensinger

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 founded Bensinger, DuPont & Associates, a national consulting firm.
Dr. DuPont is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine

American Society of Addiction Medicine

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 and a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association

American Psychiatric Association

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. He was the founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

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 (ADAA) and currently maintains a psychiatric practice in Maryland specializing in addiction and anxiety disorders.

In 1958 Dr. DuPont earned his BA from Emory University

Emory University

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 and in 1963 earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

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. He completed training at Harvard and the National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health

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. He worked for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections

District of Columbia Department of Corrections

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 and in 1970 for the DC Narcotics Treatment Administration. Since 1980 he has been a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Georgetown University School of Medicine

Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Published books from Hazelden include The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction, Drug Testing in Treatment Settings, Drug Testing in Schools, and Drug Testing in Correctional Settings.

Sources

• Biography of Robert L. DuPont, MD, Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. http://ibhinc.org/biorld.html