title: The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence: a legacy of the National Academy of Sciences. A historical account.
abstract: The history of The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence is traced from its beginning (1929) as The Committee on Drug Addiction to 1989, its sixtieth anniversary. A brief account of the etiology of The Committee from The Bureau of Social Hygiene, established in New York City by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1913 is also given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0613.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009307:National Academy of Sciences, U.S. / Q000266:history*; D009938:Organizations / Q000266:history*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States