Founded in 1978, the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that develops new ideas to reduce illegal drug use.  Non-partisan and non-political, IBH serves as a catalyst for change.  IBH facilitates creative public and private sector collaboration to achieve this important public health goal.  

Learn how IBH is reframing the way our country thinks about youth substance use prevention.

Rooted in the science of the developing brain, which is uniquely vulnerable to substance use, IBH is setting a clear public health standard: One Choice—no use of any alcohol, nicotine, marijuana/THC, or other drugs before age 21 for reasons of health.

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Listen in to conversations between IBH President Robert L. DuPont, MD with professionals in the fields of addiction medicine and drug policy:

At a time when the nation is searching for ways to save lives from opioid and other drug overdoses as well as how to reduce the burden of addiction on individuals, families and communities, IBH President Robert L. DuPont, MD has written Chemical Slavery: Understanding Addiction and Stopping the Drug Epidemic, for parents, teachers, physicians and for everyone afflicted by addiction.  The book also guides leaders in public policy and planning positions, as well as substance use disorder treatment. 

Chemical Slavery covers two crucial topics: First, the national drug epidemic including an understanding of its evolution to become a national emergency, and the science of addiction and recovery. Second, Dr. DuPont presents his experience-based guide to the intimate, day-to-day struggle with the disease of addiction from prevention to lasting recovery. This book shows the ways in which these two domains of addiction, the national and the personal, are intertwined and can be both understood and managed. Full Press Release.