Robert DuPont
Robert DuPont | |
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| Director of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention | |
| In office June 17, 1973 – June 30, 1975 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Jerome Jaffe |
| Succeeded by | Peter Bourne (Office of Drug Abuse Policy, 1977) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1936 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Emory University (BA) Harvard University (MD) |
Robert L. DuPont (born March 25, 1936, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American psychiatrist, known for his advocacy in the field of substance abuse. He is president of the Institute for Behavior and Health, whose mission is "to reduce the use of illegal drugs". He has written books including Chemical Slavery: Understanding Addiction and Stopping the Drug Epidemic, The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction, as well as Drug Testing in Treatment Settings, Drug Testing in Schools, and Drug Testing in Correctional Settings, published by the Hazelden Foundation. DuPont is a fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
He has described marijuana as "the most dangerous drug",.