The 50th edition of Recovery Magazine features an interview of IBH President Robert L. DuPont, MD who discusses his work in the field of addiction, the miracle of recovery he has witnessed among his patients and his book Chemical Slavery.
Recovery Magazine is free to download with embedded audio link to the interview.
As a prison psychiatrist in the late 1960s, Dr. Robert DuPont came to understand that the rising crime at the time was directly linked to the heroin epidemic that raged in cities across America. In this conversation with the Justice Speakers Institute, Dr. DuPont discusses the journey from his realization to the present day national movement to end addiction. He discusses the science behind addiction and the important next steps humanity needs to take to finally end the drug epidemic.
IBH President Robert L. DuPont, MD presented his book at The Heritage Foundation hosted by Senior Research Fellow Paul Larkin. Following Dr. DuPont’s remarks which focus on the state of the nation’s drug epidemic, the future of prevention and addiction treatment, he answers questions from the audience.
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 drug abuse 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. Read more.
