This legislation—also known as the Hughes Act, for Senator Harold Hughes, a recovering alcoholic who championed the cause of alcoholism research—authorized a comprehensive Federal program to address prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
What are the findings of the Congress?
The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Drug abuse is rapidly increasing in the United States and now afflicts urban, suburban, and rural areas of the Nation. (2) Drug abuse seriously impairs individual, as well as societal, health and well-being. (3) Drug abuse, especially heroin addiction, substantially contributes to crime.
When was the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention abolished?
Section, Pub. L. 92–255, title I, §104, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 67, provided, effective June 30, 1975, that the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention, each of the positions in the Office of Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Director, and the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention were abolished and former subchapter II of this chapter was repealed.
Who has access to the books, documents, papers, and records of such recipients?
The Secretary and Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of such recipients that are pertinent to such grants or contracts.
What is the purpose of the chapter on drug abuse?
The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to focus the comprehensive resources of the Federal Government and bring them to bear on drug abuse with the objective of significantly reducing the incidence, as well as the social and personal costs, of drug abuse in the United States, and to develop and assure the implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated long-term Federal strategy to combat drug abuse. To reach these goals, the Congress further declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to meet the problems of drug abuse through—
When was Section 1161 promulgated?
Section 1161, Pub. L. 92–255, title III, §301, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 74, related to development, and initial promulgation no later than nine months after Mar. 21, 1972, by the President, of a national drug abuse strategy.
What is section 1118?
92–255, title II, §208, as added Pub. L. 94–237, §4 (b), Mar. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 243, which related to giving of notice to Director prior to initiation of a section 811 (a) proceeding, was omitted in the general revision of title II of Pub. L. 92–255 by Pub. L. 96–181, §4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1309. See section 1115 of this title.
What is the purpose of the National Drug Abuse Training Center?
The Director shall establish a National Drug Abuse Training Center (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Center") to develop, conduct, and support a full range of training programs relating to drug abuse prevention functions. The Director shall consult with the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention regarding the general policies of the Center. The Director may supervise the operation of the Center initially, but shall transfer the supervision of the operation of the Center to the National Institute on Drug Abuse not later than December 31, 1974.
When was naltrexone approved?
1989—Collaborative Studies on Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) initiated. 1991—National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey (NLAES) launched. 1994—FDA approves naltrexone, a drug that can reduce alcohol craving; in 2006, a long-lasting injectable version of the drug is approved.
What was the Nixon Act? What was its purpose?
This legislation—also known as the Hughes Act, for Senator Harold Hughes, a recovering alcoholic who championed the cause of alcoholism research—authorized a comprehensive Federal program to address prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism was first established as a component of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). It then became a separate institute alongside NIMH and the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Since 1974, it has been an independent Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
What is the NIAAA?
In its more-than-40-year history, NIAAA has led the effort to reframe alcohol abuse as a medical—rather than a moral—issue, and to study issues relating to alcohol and health systematically, through evidence-based findings. Throughout its history, NIAAA has conducted and supported research that has improved our understanding ...