Nixon Legacy Forum: No Final Victories: Lessons from President Nixon’s Drug Abuse Initiatives
In response to the growing drug abuse problem in the late 1960s and early 1970s, President Richard Nixon’s created America’s first Drug Czar; enhanced law enforcement; and centralized programs for drug abuse education, treatment, rehabilitation, research, and training. A panel of officials from that era, including John Coleman, a 33-year career officer with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics; Jeffrey Donfeld, Assistant Director, Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (1972-73), and Dr. Robert DuPont, Founding Administrator, Narcotics Treatment Administration (1970-73), will discuss the shifts in focus that produced dramatic results, but no final victories. Presented in partnership with the Richard Nixon Foundation.